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 Shakespeariana (such as the "Sh.Misc." collection).

Audiovisual materials

Audiovisual materials may be standalone works (such as a film in DVD format), or may accompany other items (such as a book with an accompanying CD-ROM). The Folger collection includes VHS tapes, DVDs, records (33, 45, and 78 rpm), reel-to-reel tapes(?), cassette tapes, and CD-ROMs.

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 For unique compilations, such as post-publication collections of magazine articles, scrapbooks, or other unpublished works, please see the relevant documentation.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

Books 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 

Sh.Misc.

The Sh.Misc. ("miscellaneous") collection is composed of artifacts of Shakesperiana and other materials that demonstrate the influence of Shakespeare upon popular culture. Items include calendars and almanacs, comic books and graphic novels, toys and games, books of quotations, works of fiction about Shakespeare and Shakesperian figures, and other Shakespearian ephemera.

Sh.Misc. items are given call numbers in sequence, e.g.

 Sh.Misc. 1064 

 Sh.Misc. 2186 v.8 

Other rare modern items

Other rare materials that are handled by modern catalogers include some pieces of realia, screenplays, programs, and modern publications that are classified as ART Vols.