Scope: These are terms that CMS rare materials catalogers commonly apply as tracings (when appropriate) for rare books. Terms are from the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies on the website of the Bibliographic Standards Committee, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association. Other terms from the RBMS thesauri may also be used when called for.
Contact: Margaret Nichols
Unit: Cataloging & Metadata Services
Date last updated: 03/31/14
Date of next review: March 2015