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A pamphlet usually contains 100 or fewer pages, and is usually too flimsy to stand on the shelf without special support. Pamphlets are often fragile, and may need to be placed in an acid-free envelope during their processing. They are not issues of journals or annual publications.
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The decision to locate a "pamphlet" in one of our pamphlet collections is normally made on several grounds (e.g.: subject, potential use, similarity to other materials in the established collections). In other cases, pamphlets may receive special hard pamphlet bindings so that they may be housed in the regular stack collection. Literature, for example, is never routed to a pamphlet collection.
There are four pamphlet collections in Special Collections. The following shows how each kind of pamphlet should be handled.
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Items in the Canadian Pamphlets collection are not fully catalogued. They have been given catalogue listings by various Special Collections Unit staff at various times. Though the exact call number used has varied, the collection on the shelf is interfiled by year of publication.
These pamphlets are defined chiefly by their small size, and may be on any subject related to Canadian studies. Most, but not all, were published in Canada.
Instructions for adding a Canadian Pamphlet:
Create a brief bibliographic record in the Cataloguing Module using the brief record template.
Use the Special Collections, Lorne Pierce location.
Assign a call number, based on the following example:
852 00 |b sc,lp |h F5012.date |i .cutter for main entry |k lp
e.g. 852 00 |b sc,lp |h F5012.1989 |i .G74 |k lp
Do not put a space between F5012 and the .date information, or the call number will file incorrectly.
The call number "Canada Pamphlet [year] [no.]" is also used:
852 80 |b sc,lp |h Canada Pamphlet 1989 no. 45
Add a flag for Lorne Pierce.
Send to Special Collections.
Added copies for locations other than Special Collections should be given to the Canadiana cataloguer for full cataloguing and classification. When related material is being catalogued and it is desirable to keep the two items together, items from this collection may be recalled for full cataloguing, then returned to the Lorne Pierce collection in a new number.
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These pamphlets also are not fully catalogued. Records are created by Special Collections staff. The collection includes items which are judged worth keeping but which for some reason (including small size and fragile condition) are not to be fully catalogued.
Instructions for adding a Non-Canadian Pamphlet:
Create a brief bibliographic record in the Cataloguing module using the brief record template.
Use the Special Collection, Pamphlet location, and give the following phrase as a call number.
852 80 |b sc,pa |h non-Canadian pamphlet [year]
Flag for and send to Special Collections
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This is an important collection of valuable material. The items have been fully catalogued and new pamphlets are given priority cataloguing.
These pamphlets, or "tracts", are defined partly by small size, but also by their subject matter. Before the development of general, non-partisan newspapers, the pamphlet was the most important medium for public discussion of a wide range of issues. A pamphlet of this type usually presents a point of view on a specific issue, often controversial, political or sometimes literary. There are series of tracts that record lengthy arguments between two or more opponents. Frequently they are sarcastic or facetious in tone, and it may be difficult to make out the real subject.
The original range of coverage of the British pamphlet collection extends from 1642, through the Civil War period, the Standing Army Controversy, the struggles for reform in the 1780s and 1790s and the Reform Bill of 1832. This has been extended to include pamphlets through to at least the 1860s.
The fullest possible level of cataloguing is given to these items by a cataloguing librarian.
The call number is based on the following format.
852 00 |b sc,pa |h AC911.date |i .cutter for main entry
Create Item records as usual. If the pamphlet is in an acid-free envelope, put the barcode on the envelope.
Flag for and send to Special Collections.
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This too is a collection of valuable material. The items have been fully catalogued and new pamphlets are given priority cataloguing.
Coverage of the French pamphlets extends from the 18th century to the 1840s, plus a small group from the 1930s. The bulk of the collection is from the French Revolution of 1789 and the Restoration period after 1814.
The fullest possible level of cataloguing is given to these items by a cataloguing librarian.
The call number is based on the following format.
852 00 |b sc,pa |h AC921.date |i .cutter for main entry
Create Item records as usual. If the pamphlet is in an acid-free envelope, put the barcode on the envelope.
Flag for and send to Special Collections.
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Section 11, Pamphlets
Created Sept. 14, 2001 by H. Coffey
Revised June 15, 2004 by D. Rutherford
Page maintained by Elizabeth Read, readel@queensu.ca. Created: Sept. 14, 2001 Updated: 15-Nov-2006 11:51 AM