I would be interested in what others on the list has to say about this.
Please respond to the list.

 

 

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Senior Curator of Special Collections 
McDermott Library 
The University of Texas at Dallas 
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Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 9:49 AM
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Subject: marking manuscripts

 

Dear Colleagues:

 

At a staff meeting today our library director distributed the recently
published "Guidelines for the security of rare books, manuscripts and
other special collections" issued by ACRL's RBMS.  Appendix one provides
guidelines for marking manuscripts and rare books, while Section VII
categorically states that materials themselves should be identified by a
unique mark.  We are discussing using a stamp with our OCLC symbol and
permanent ink to discreetly mark our manuscripts.  I don't know how I
feel about this.  The library director's explanation was that since
these manuscripts are going to be permanently retained by the
institution, reducing the market value by stamping an item should not be
of any concern. 

 

Are other institutions marking manuscripts with a permanent stamp?  What
were the pros and cons of doing so? 

 

What a great question for a Friday!

 

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Barbara Austen

Manuscript Archivist / Cataloger

The Connecticut Historical Society Museum

One Elizabeth Street

Hartford, CT  06105

(860) 236-5621, ext. 251

Fax: (860) 236-2664

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