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Rare, non-circulating material is referred to as "Blue Star" or POETRY*.
POETRY*/Poetry Blue Star
POETRY* (rare) items are acquired through gift or purchase by the Technical Services Librarian, following established processes (see Acquisitions and Accessioning Manual for Books for procedures).
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The Aeon slip indicates the accession number, as well as disposition (HD) and fund information (following this form : 2021P-1 FUND: 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 Harvard Depository.
POETRY* holdings record:
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All POETRY* items are catalogued by the Technical Services Librarian to rare book RDA standards , with full condition and provenance noteswith appropriate access points, as well as appropriate access points, etc. copy-specific and provenance notes in the holdings. All POETRY* bib records should have the following repository access point regardless of format:
710 2_ |a Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). |t Collections, |e repository. |5 poe
Print Materials
For print material, add this collection note to the Bib recordthe following access points:
830 _0 |a Woodberry Poetry Room Blue Star collection of books and manuscripts. |5poe Waiting for clarification as of 2021-06-25
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These items are coded LAM POEREF , are in 852 and coded 02 in item records (in-library use, and may be shared via ILL).
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Fully catalog the material; add the appropriate collection noteaccess points, as well as appropriate form/genre headings.
For non-book material, add this collection note to the Bib record:
710 2_ |a Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). |t Collections, |e repository. |5 poe
For sound recordings, add:
650 _0 |a Oral interpretation of poetry. (This was previously coded as 655 _0)
830 _0 |a Woodberry Poetry Room digital collection of poetry readings. (wait for clarification on all series names)
Add the appropriate form/genre term for non-print material, coding as follows:
655 7 Poems ǂy 20th century. ǂ2 rbgenr Indicate correct century, as appropriate. (RBMS CV are no longer subdivided)
655 7 Poetry readings (Sound recordings) ǂ2 lcgft
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More than one term from the above list may be required.
Previously, local genre/form headings were used to reflect carriers; this is no longer Harvard Library's preferred practice. Genre/form headings should be taken from recommended controlled vocabularies and added as 655_7.
Use appropriate technical specifications of a resource fields appropriate to the resource being described.
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Holdings Records
In the holdings record, modify the 852 subfields b and c to follow these formats:
|b LAM |c POECASS [cassette tape]
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