At 09:15 AM 5/3/2008, Karen Coyle wrote:
The question with series is whether it shouldn't be another resource, linked to the bibliographic item being described. So then the series statement would be replaced with a series link.
Actually, I think series would be BOTH. That is, the series *statement*, being a transcription from the item described, is fundamentally about that item, not the series. It's giving the series information as it pertains to that item only; it's not a description of the series, but a description of the item being described (sorry for the RDA-like circular wording). Thus it is a property of that item. The series *link* (tracing, whatever) is fundamentally about the relationship, and gives the name of the series in its agreed-upon established form, regardless of how it is presented in the series statement on the item described. The series link, then, is a property of ... the relationship? There are two different functions to be served, and they cannot be handled by one single property. (A problem with the CONSER Standard Record is that it thinks both functions *can* be served by one property. And a problem with the LC series policy is that it thinks the latter function is of no importance.) Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Bibliographic Services Dept. Northwestern University Library 1970 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-2300 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (847) 491-2939 fax: (847) 491-4345
