From someone who hasn't cataloged in years... My observations may not be
useful, but...
It seems that the proposed 563 must always end with a $5NUC. If that is
the case, then isn't the field better used for copy-specific binding
notes? As Sherman Clarke observes, artist books and other types of
books whose bindings are not copy-specific might more "suitably" be
described in combined general note fields, 500s for example. Just a
thought...
----- Original Message -----
From: Sherman Clarke <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 10:42 am
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Bindings of Artist Books
> Liz et al.,
> Your overview of the MARBI proposals mentioned the UK librarian who
> said some folks wanted to put all copy-specific information in one
> field and at least one respondent said they used separate fields.
>
> Notes about artist book bindings also traverse this barrier. When I've
> done a note about the physical characteristics of an artist book, it's
> usually been in one note, e.g. [made-up example] Collage on handmade
> paper, spiral-bound, with corrugated cardboard cover. When you start
> combining types of information, 500 usually beats out more specific
> MARC tags.
>
> Sherman Clarke - NYU Libraries - [log in to unmask]
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