Modern materials cataloging at the Folger

In addition to its expansive historical resources, the Folger also maintains a sizable collection of modern materials. These include scholarly works, reference resources, ongoing monographic series, and current periodicals (mainly found in the open stacks on Deck B); audiovisual materials and microfilm; and rare modern books, designated for their production quality or rarity, or for their value as artifacts of Shakesperiana (such as the "Sh.Misc." collection).

Serials, compilations, and offprints

Compilations

Published compilations of essays, articles, or other media are typically treated as open stacks items. For unique compilations, such as post-publication collections of magazine articles, scrapbooks, or other unpublished works, please see the relevant documentation.

Vault modern

Items cataloged as "Vault modern" can go into the general rare collection (the Cage section), or into specific collections depending on their format and content.

Sh.Col.

Though the bulk of items in the Shakespeare Collection have already been fully cataloged, a small number of items are still being added to it, and records expanded for others. As of August 2014, these mainly consist of collections of sonnets, some teaching editions, and translations of Shakespeare's works. Shakespeare Collection shelfmarks were previously formulated as LC call numbers.

 PR2821 .A155 Sh.Col 

Call numbers for Sh.Col. translations follow a locally-modified LC scheme, and are mainly grouped under PR2796.

 PR2796 .C9 1856- 1873 Sh.Col. 

However, newly-cataloged Sh.Col. items are given accession number-based shelfmarks.

 Sh.Col. 268- 300q 

Other rare modern items

[rare modern books, realia, screenplays, programs, modern publications cataloged as ART Vols.]