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Unlike Houghton, the Woodberry Poetry Room contains both circulating and non-circulating material. The non-circulating material is referred to as Blue Star" or "Poetry*.
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Poetry Blue Star (rare) items are not accessioned, but may have a Houghton accession number if a transfer. POETRY* items are catalogued to rare book standards, with full 562 notes, provenance added entries, etc. by the Technical Services Librarian. Original – cataloging is then forwarded to a member of the Rare Book Team for checking, as well as possible enhancement or revision.
As with all Woodberry Poetry Room materials, POETRY* volumes are classified in LC. There are no size designations, such as F or PF. The LC call number is written on the verso of the title page (one inch down from top and from fore-edge whenever possible).
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Holdings records for POETRY* items are coded to indicate physical location in Houghton within the POETRY* collection follow the default location of HD (852 |b HOU |c BLUEHDBLU); this displays in the public catalog as:
Location : Houghton Houghton Library Offsite Storage (Part of the Woodberry Poetry Collection) Room) (HD) PS3602.E7635 S66 2018
Item records for POETRY* indicate the above sublibrary and collection (by being linked), and have an item status of 02 (In-library usethe Item policy : Special Collections requestable (91); this displays in the public catalog as : Inavailable for in-library use.
The routing slip has POETRY* on the top line followed by Aeon slip indicates the LC call number on the second line, and the check boxes for Ownership Label, Tab and Plate are checked, as well as disposition (HD) and fund information (in this case : Aloian Book Fund. POETRY* items receive rare book end-processing, including retention and polysleeving of dust jackets. After end-processing, items are counted and dispatched to the sub-basement for shelvingHarvard Depository.
Poetry* holdings record
Circulating Poetry
The 625 Accessioning Unit purchases, receives, and catalogs circulating poetry. The call number is written in pencil on the verso of the title page as above, but without the asterisk. The Technical Services Librarian provides LC call numbers for any records lacking them. (In future the new bibliographic assistant may be the person responsible for copy cataloging of circulating poetry). Circulating poetry needing original cataloging is provided by the Technical Services Librarian and is revised by a member of the Rare Book TeamHoughton staff are not involved in this process.
Poetry reference: "Poetry Ref." is written above the call number on the verso of the title page. The item circulation status is 02 for "In library use." Reference books do not have the 852 |z note.
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