Overview
Houghton Library is the depository of note for all John Updike publications and translations. They are gifted to Houghton by the Updike Literary Trust.
All Updike gifts are sent to HD. The Bibliographic Assistant receives each item, assigns an accession number, catalogs it, and sends it to end-processing. Any item not a hardcover will be given a CMI case.
Sample Holdings Record
541 0_ |c Gift;
|a John Updike Literary Trust;
|b c/o The Wylie Agency, 250 West 57th Street (Suite 2114), New York, NY 10107;
|d date received, or approximation if there is no receipt;
|e current accession number.
|5 hou
563 |a As issued, in printed illustrated paper covers; in CMI case. Or for hardcover: Bound in publisher’s dark blue cloth over boards; with printed purple and gray dust jacket. |5 hou
862 0_ |b HOU |c HD |h Houghton Call Number
H08 |a c |b t
Call Number
The procedure for assigning a call number to Updike deposits has changed over time. Some titles have been given LC call numbers; some translations have not been assigned an Updike title number. The current practice is to assign a Houghton call number to the item in hand. The prefix and cutter for John Updike have already been established as AC95.Up174. Every work by Updike has also been given its own cutter–the first letter of the title followed by a number. For example, Seek My Face has been assigned "S9". To ascertain the specific designation of your work in hand, go to Hollis Classic and search by title.
For example, AC95.Up174S9.2012 consists of:
AC – American author, late 20th century
Up174 – John Updike
S9 – Seek my face
2012 – The publication date
If a work was printed by multiple publishers in a given year, assign an additional letter after the publication year to differentiate between them.