| Mary Person | Anne Adams | Lee Sullivan, Paula Aloisio |
| Which descriptive conventions are used? | Current practice is DACS and sometimes dcrmg. About 50% of records have no 040, or no 040 $e. Many have $e dacs or $e local (prior to introduction of DACS in 2005). | Majority of archival and manuscript collections are coded appm or dacs. We also use dcrmmss and amremm for manuscript material in our rare book collection. |
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| Current practice is dacs for collections and single item manuscripts. Previously used appm. | Currently use appm, but many manuscript records lack $e in 040 |
| Current practice is dacs for collections and single item manuscripts. Previously used appm. |
| If using the rare book descriptive conventions (like dcrmb), are the record coded "a" in Leader 08 (archival control) | Do not use rare book descriptive conventions. | Generally no. |
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| Do you code "a" in Leader 08 for manuscript materials (archival control)? | Yes, for current cataloging. Older records pre-date this byte definition. | Generally yes. It is the current best practice for materials cataloged according to dacs. |
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| Yes. | No, very little use of archival control byte |
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| Is original cataloging done in Connexion? | No, original cataloging is done in Alma. | Yes |
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| No, original cataloging is done in Alma | Yes, for the past two years |
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| Are enhancements done in Connexion? | No, all work is done in Alma. | Generally yes, but it's a new best practice. |
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| Not currently. | Yes, for the past two years |
| Yes |