Re: mass deacidification

[Sue Kellerman <lsk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bobbie,

Here at Penn State the Preservation Collections Care technician updates
each local bib record with a 583 note tag to report md vendor name and
address, treatment used, and date of treatment.  For example:   

583 2b $a Deacidifed $c 19980814 $i liquid $x bookkeepers III $j Canberry
Township, PA 16066 $k Preservation Technologies Inc.

We also add a 598 tag if needed to record treatment of a specific copy when
multiple copies are listed on one bib record.  For example:

598 bb Engineering copy deacidified
598 bb Stacks v.1 deacidified
598 bb [barcode #] deacidified

And, we deparment charge each item sent for treatment -- use MASS as its
mnemonic code.

Hope this is helpful.

Sue



, rortAt 11:35 AM 2/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
>     Hello,
>       I know a number of you folks have started doing mass deacidification 
>     of materials.  My question to you is how many of your institutions are 
>     making a note in the catalog record that the item has been 
>     deacidified?  If so, where are you making the entry?  Who is 
>     responsible for making the entry?  What sort of information is 
>     contained in the entry?
>     
>       I know there are guidelines for catalog entries of preservation 
>     photocopying.  Are there guidelines for entries on mass 
>     deacidification?
>     
>     Thanks.
>     
>     Bobbie Pilette
>     New York Public Library
>
>