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
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Date of next review: September 2017
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 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 $iReproduction of (manifestation) :$aMitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.$tGone with the wind.$dNew York : Macmillan,[©1936]
If the work is a photocopy of a pre-1800 European work or a pre-1821 American one, trace the original publication date and publisher in special files fields just as you would if you were cataloging the original. (See Procedure #89, Special Files Fields for Rare Books.)