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Research universities carry significant responsibilities for preserving the printed heritage under their care. Cornell University Library takes this responsibility seriously, and is committed to providing adequate protection and security for all its historic materials. As appropriate, library units should inventory their general collections to identify materials appropriate for transfer to a special collections facility. Cornell Library's Annex facility also provides units with a secure housing option for low use items of long term historical value, or for items that are at risk of theft or damage on the open shelves. Such items may be assigned to the Rare Annex location, from which they will circulate only to a secure, observed reading room on the central Cornell campus. At Cornell, all items printed before 1851 must be provided with secure, climate-controlled storage and monitored reading room access. In addition, materials printed after 1850 and before 1930 should be evaluated for significant artifactual, historical, or market characteristics and assigned to a location best suited to ensure long term preservation and use. Full criteria for Cornell University Library's transfer guidelines are available on the staff web at Policy on Transfer of General Collection Material to Special Collections.  

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Requests from other unit libraries to send rare material to the Library Annex should be submitted to the appropriate contact in LTS Database Quality. DBQ staff will, in turn, contact representatives from RMC, the Library Annex, Digital Library and Information Services (DLIT), and, if necessary, the Voyager Upgrade Team to set up circulation, programmatic and workflow aspects of executing the transfers.

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1. Display the record by scanning the barcode of the book (this insures matching item records in the case of multiple copies). Open the bibliographic and holdings records
   • If there is no barcode, search the catalog by title to find the record
   • If there is a record and the book is a duplicate copy, follow the guidelines for adding a barcode  and added volumes/copies
   • If there is a record but this book appears as "missing" in the holdings and/or the item record, follow the instructions for reinstatements and add a barcode following the guidelines
   • If there is no catalog record, give the book to the DBQ supervisor for cataloging and barcoding
2. Update the bibliographic record
   • To record provenance, add a 700 1_ (or 710 2_) field with the following:
     
     1. Name heading copied from 100/110 field of authority record (if there is no authority record for the person, then follow the instructions for a gift)
     2. $4fmo to indicate bookplate or stamp
     3. $4sgn to indicate signature
     4. $4ins to indicate inscription
        
        Example: 700 1__$a White, Andrew Dickson,$d1832-1918.$4fmo
   • If provenance includes the phrase "From the Income of a bequest made by__", no provenance note is added to the bib record.
   • To record a gift, add a 541 field with the following: Rare Annex copy #: (use original location copy#) Gift of __.
     
     Example: 541__Rare Annex copy 1: Gift of Henry W. Sage.
   • In all cases, add the following:
     
     1. $dNIC at end of the 040 field if you have added 541 and/or 700/710 fields (if it does not already appear)
     2. Three 948 fields for added location, withdrawal, and maintenance updates (use macros)
3. Update the holdings record
   • In all cases, update the 852 field as follows:
     
     1. Change olin, uris or rmc,ice to rmc,anx
     2. Change ech,sasa or was to ech,ranx, sasa,ranx or was,ranx
     3. Add $z after call # with description of binding type
     4. Add $x transfer note with today's date
        
        Example: 852__$b rmc,anx $hBL2775 $i C34 1874 $z Bound in 1/2 leather over marbled boards, spine gilt. $x transfer from olin, uris or rmc,ice 12/31/05
   • If you have recorded provenance, also update the 852 field as follows:
     
     1. Add another $z before binding type noting provenance
     2. Include evidence of ownership in parentheses
        
        Example: $zProvenance: Andrew Dickson White (bookplate).
     3. If the work was inscribed by the author, note this specifically by including inscribed by the author within the parentheses
     4. If the work has a gift letter, postcard, or other item tipped in, state this in an additional $z note in the 852 field (after the binding type)
        
        Example: $zGift letter tipped in front.
4. Update the item record
   • In all cases, change these fields to the following:
     
     1. Perm Loc.: RMC Annex, Echols Rare Annex, South Asia Rare Annex or Wason Rare Annex
     2. Item Type: nocirc
   • If the item is in a preservation box or has loose items such as newspaper clippings inside the cover, count the pieces and enter number in Pieces field.
     

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1. Open the records for all included titles by performing a call # search
2. Follow the instructions for Voyager updates for each bibliographic record and holdings record
3. Follow the Bound with Procedure (#132) for Voyager updates for the holdings records
   
4. Update the single item record

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