Scope: This is the procedure that CMS rare materials catalogers use to catalog a photocopy of a rare printed item.
Contact: Margaret Nichols
Unit: Cataloging & Metadata Services
Date last reviewed:
Date of next review: September 2023
In the fixed fields, use "r" for the date code, and enter first the date of the photocopy, and then the date of the original.
In the 264 field, record publication/manufacture information for the photocopy.
In the 300 field, record the extent of the photocopy.
Add a 775 field to describe the original. (For more information, see RDA 27.1.1.3., LC-PCC PS.)
Example:
775 08 $i Reproduction of (manifestation): $a Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949. $t Gone with the wind. $d New York : Macmillan, 1936.
Call number: For the photocopy, use the same call number as you would for the original, only with an "a" at the end of the date.
Example:
QM 21 V57 1950a