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This document is obsolete and for reference use only.
For a list of current Home Locations, see: Home Location/Marking Descriptions List - Rare Books & Mss.
This table lists obsolete LIAS collection codes used for Rare Books items. "Code" specifies the correct two-letter mnemonic used in the holdings area of our local call number field (090$c). "Collection name" cites the official name of the collection. "Abbreviation/Qualifier" indicates the shorthand form of the Collection name, used on the LIAS status screen and written in the book beneath the local call number.
| Code | Collection Name | Abbreviation/Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| rb | Rare Books General Location Code | (None) |
| by | Aerospace Collection | Aerospace |
| bs | Allison-Shelley Collection | Allison-Shelley |
| bG | American Gift Books | Gifts |
| bm | American Literature Collection | Am Lit/[Name] |
| bn | American Sermons | Amer Sermons |
| bo | Art & Architecture Collection | Art & Arch |
| ba | Australiana Collection | Australiana |
| bq | Author Collection | Author/[Name] |
| bB | Bible Collection | Bible |
| be | Black History and Literature | Black Hist. |
| bj | Children's Book Collection | Children's |
| bi | Costume Collection | Costume |
| bb | Emblem Collection | Emblem |
| bE | English Literature | English Lit/[Name] |
| bf | Fine Printing Collection | Fine Print |
| bC | Goodman Collection | Goodman |
| bH | Henisch Collection | Henisch |
| bw | Italian Books published before 1600 | Italian |
| bx | John O'Hara Library | O'Hara |
| bz | Masonic Collection | Masonic |
| bl | Occult Collection | Occult |
| bp | Pattee Collection | Pattee |
| bA | Peron Collection | Peron |
| bg | Priestley Collection | Priestley |
| RB | Rare Books Reference | Reference |
| bh | Roxburgh Club Collection | Roxburghe |
| bt | Science Fiction Collection | Sci Fic |
| bS | Slavic Collection | Slavic |
| bD | Stapleton Collection | Stapleton |
| bu | Utopia Collection | Utopia |
| bv | Vault | Vault/[some have qualifier] |
There are several groups of material which are not Collections, but which have shelflist cards filed together for retrieval purposes. The packets for these items often have a Collection name, but they are not true collections; the collection code should always be "rb." They include:
