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Call Number Suffixes
MSCL uses call number suffixes to indicate various things about an item. This is a cheat sheet for all the various additions to call numbers used in MSCL as of May 2007.
| a | Used for facsimile reproductions. The call number year is assigned according to the original, plus the work letter "a" to indicate that the work is a facsimile. For example, a 2002 facimile edition of a book published in 1840 would have a call number like this: PN45|b.A64 1840a |
| b, etc. | When multiple editions of the same work, with the same main entry, are published within the same year (for example, a New York imprint and a separate London imprint), subsequent editions are cataloged with the work letter "b", "c", "d", etc. tacked onto the end of the call number to differentiate between them. |
| z | A "z" at the end of a call number indicates that the year given in the call number is uncertain. See the Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting, rule G140 for a more detailed explanation. |
| B/W | Used for "Bound With" or "Housed With" items. See "Bound with" records for more details. |
| AB-1/A, etc. | Art Bins--When cataloging an item that is to be housed in the Art Bins, assign a LC call number as you normally would, but add the Art Bin location number to the end of the call number. (i.e. DP269.15|b.M67 1936 AB-19/C) |
| VLT | Item is housed in the Vault. |
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