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Hi, I haven’t been able to partake actively but have been keeping an eye on all the emails and have saved a few records to look at…at some point! We do have rare books at Aberystwyth but there isn’t much of a plan or push to catalogue them or improve the basic records as we are very student focused rather than research. I do keep some nearby for the odd moment and currently have a great graduate trainee (who is reading these emails!) a day or so a week working on some Welsh/Gaelic and flora materials which have proved really interesting. Our records don’t look too different – since we are cataloguing all items in hand (as opposed to shelf ready) using RDA our GT has been doing the same with the rare books in a fairly simple way – using the 561, 700s, note fields and the 563 for bindings. He has experience of rare books as a seller so can do 563s whereas I feel I have no grounding at all…I would love to do a course one day. I have the Aberystwyth Rare Books 1 module somewhere but it isn’t so long ago I finished the Archives Administration diploma so I have needed time off! Sounds like it would be a good experience though so I will return to it. Thanks very much for all the information and sharing of records and experience! Amy Dr Amy Staniforth Arweinydd Tîm Cadwrfa Sefydliadol a Metadata / Institutional Repository and Metadata Team Leader Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth / Information Services Llyfrgell Hugh Owen Library Prifysgol Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth SY23 3DZ Ffôn/Tel 01970 622085 E-bost/E Mail [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Cadair: http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/ From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Pierce Sent: 16 April 2015 15:42 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Cataloguing rare books A few more topics to think about For people who don’t already do rare book cataloguing, and didn’t get chance to have a go on the practice records, how different do the records look to you? Does the detail and the difference in rules/additional rules put you off? What are people’s opinions on letting volunteers or students help out with the cataloguing? Is this a help or a hindrance?