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Joseph H. Greenberg Collection - non-archival materials only
Collection Profile and Assessment Survey
- Contents:
- Part 1.
Collection general
- Part 2.
Cataloging considerations
- Part 3.
Physical condition
Part 1: Collection general
- Full name of
collection
- Joseph H. Greenberg Collection
- Date of receipt
- May 2001
- Curator
- John Rawlings
- Gift & Exchange
contact
- Sharon Propas
- Description
- This collection is the non-archival portion
of Joseph Greenberg's gift to the Libraries and
consists of such materials as dictionaries,
grammars, works on general theoretical
linguistics, some anthropology. Monographs and
serials; most serials will be deselected.
Predominantly in Western European languages,
some titles in Russian, Greek and other
languages studied in Greenberg's research.
Early 20th century imprints for the most part.
Generally in good physical condition. Size of
collection before de-duping and de-selection:
estimated 1,200 titles in 2,000 vols.
- Size of collection after de-duping
and de-selection
- About 550 non-Slavic. About 50 Slavic
titles remain to be de-duped and evaluated for
retention. Most serials were de-selected; some
single issue serials may have remained.
Sorting, de-duping and other pre-cataloging
processing: The sorting and de-duping was
carried out by Glen Denny and Billy Bousman and
completed by the end of July. De-selection was
carried out by the curator. Inventory of items
carried out by G&E. Titles, flagged with
the required 590 and 690 information, will come
to Cataloging without on-line records as part
of the regular gifts flow. Contact for
technical processing in G&E: Josie Flores.
10/15/01 update: additional dupes (estimated
30%) are being encountered during the
processing in MC.
- Special funding for
processing
- none
- Storage of un-cataloged
collection
- The dupes and non-dupes will remain in the
TS Conference Room on Meyer 3rd floor until
Mrs. Greenberg has the collection appraised for
tax purposes. After the appraisal, the
non-dupes will be sent to Cataloging as a whole
or in batches as determined by the project
leader. 9/14/01 update: No appraisal will take
place. Collection ready for processing by
MC.
- Location of cataloged
collection
- Green
Special considerations in
processing:
- Book plate: Gift
of Joseph and Selma Greenberg
- Special note: 590
bb Stanford copy 1 (Green): Gift of Joseph and
Selma Greenberg.
- Special access
point: 690 b4 Joseph H. Greenberg
Collection.
Part 2: Cataloging considerations
- Project leader
- Vitus Tang
- Test sample and time of
test
- test not done; collection sorted and
de-duped prior to arrival to Cataloging
- Format(s), type of materials, and
proportions
- monos, possibly a few serial pieces; no
SPEC candidates
- Dupe rate
- Collection to arrive to cataloging
de-duped. 10/15/01 update: about 30% additional
dupes are being encountered during the
processing in MC.
- Treatment of dupes
- Additional dupes to be returned to Josie
per curator's request.
- Language content of
non-dupes
- See Description of Collection in
Part 1.
- Matching copy hit-rate of
non-dupes
- estimated over 50%
- Special access
required
- See Special Considerations in
Part 1.
- Other information
- N/A
- Processing update
11/6/01
- A total of 373 records were created, with
the
following results: 58% copy cataloged in MC;
29% had InProcess records for future call
number or E/L 3 work by CLASS; 6% were
cataloged as copy-assisted; 1% were cataloged
at E/L 3 level; 1% were cataloged serials;
other titles were cataloged at full/core level
or treated as added volumes; 1 title was a
video and 1 title was sent to Music.
Part 3: Physical condition
See curator's assessment in
Part 1.
- Definition of brittle
- unknown
- Brittle rate of
non-dupes
- unknown
- Other physical characteristics of
non-dupes requiring preservation and binding
consideration
- unknown
- Other consideration in end
processing
- Bookplates required (see Special
Considerations under Collection General.)
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February 17, 2006 |
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