It's important to create an item record at time of cataloging. It may be a placeholder with a "dummy" barcode until end-processing is complete but it ensures that the item is requestable in the reading room.
There are four important field fields to fill out in the item record: Barcode, Material type, Item policy, and Description.
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| Generate a dummy barcode while awaiting end-processing |
Material type | Manuscript or Photograph |
Always use | Use "Manuscript" for single items that have an associated "m" in the bibliographic record LDR byte 7. These single items can be any format: |
photograph or other non-projected | artwork, graphic, map, music, object, etc. Use "Photograph" for single photographs. |
| Item policy | Special Collections requestable (91) |
Box 1 or blank |
| If the single item is going in a box |
, the Box . If the single item is shelved upright as a volume or otherwise, leave the Description field blank.
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| as Box 1, otherwise leave blank. |
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