I agree with K.A. Bayruns -- adding the 563 field would be fabulous!
Its usefulness is *definitely* applicable to all sorts of users, not just
the rare book catalogers. It would greatly help patrons (and circ/reserve
staff) visually distinguish between different series and publishers of the
same item (or items on the same subject). Indeed, to see the potential power
of 563, take a look at PORTIA, the New England School of Law's library
catalog. They already code for the color of the binding in a 599 field:
http://portia.nesl.edu/.
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Heather Cleary, Visual Resources Librarian
Library/VRC
Otis College of Art & Design
90454 Lincoln Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90045
310.665.6926
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----- Original Message -----
From: "K.A.B." <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] MARBI Proposals of Interest to Art Librarians
> A resounding *yes* for the 563! For some books,
> the binding is more important than the publication
> itself, and in some libraries, the description of the
> binding is the only way to find the book. (I happen to
> think that binding info is relevant beyond the special
> collections realm -- how many reference librarians have
> had requests like "I want that big, bright green book
> on gardening," or "I'd like to put a hold on the nice
> copy of _A Christmas Carol_ that's red with little gold
> holly leaves on the spine"?) I would even expand the
> field with a subfield for dust jackets, something like:
>
> 563 ## $aBlue cloth binding ; $?red, white and blue
> American flag motif dust jacket.$5Uk
>
> The proposal doesn't state the sequence that this field
> would fall into in the hierarchy of 5XX notes. It seems
> almost like an extension of collation information. Say,
> maybe instead of a separate field, the binding should be
> a subfield in the 300 Physical Description....
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