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Microforms, Photocopies, Reprints

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In general, three questions should be considered first to determine the treatment required in cataloging a microform:

Does the photoreproduction represent a work which is new to the PUL collections or does it represent a version of a previously cataloged title?

Is the microform an original edition of a work or a copy of a previously existing work?

If the photoreproduction is a microform, what is its generation: service copy, master printing copy or master preservation copy?

Definitions How to determine cataloging treatment of a microform or photocopy	Photocopies Microform Editions Microform Copies Consider a microform to be a copy of the work it represents if it is produced in-house or issued by a non-commercial publisher (such as the photographic services dept. of a research library or UMI) and it does not contain an explicit indication that it constitutes a new edition of the original work. Preservation Masters Printing Masters Local Masters Service Copies

Cataloging Instructions	Microform Editions Microform Copies Photocopies MARC Format Fixed Fields See also: Adding an 007 Field General Material Designator 505 Contents Note 533 Note 590 Note for Photocopies

Holdings Screen	All microforms Master Copies Photocopies See also: Making Shelflist Cards (Classification and Shelflisting Manual) Microform Locations

Multiple Versions	Definition Cataloging Guidelines Control Fields Bibliographic and Holdings Screens Order of Preference Original Work Different Generations of Microforms Differing Formats Preservation replacements from DBMS

Microform Post-Cataloging Procedures

Microform Guides Distinguish published guides to microforms from packing lists or inventories, which should be sent to the location with the microform. In the case of fiche with accompanying material that fits in the fiche pocket, do not catalog this material as a guide, but send it to the location, where it will be filed with the fiche.	Accompanying Material or Separate Publication? Accompanying Material Separate Publication

Examples	Complete 533 Notes and ‡7

By Amy Kelly and Jim Weinheimer