On 25/10/2012 10:58, Heidrun Wiesenmüller wrote:
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> James Weinheimer wrote:
>>
>> A question:
>>
>> When a serial has title changes A to B to C to D (D is the latest
>> title) and a library has only A and B, what does a library do now?
>
> Firstly, bear in mind that of course we also have split entries, so if
> there is a major change, a new record will be created.
>
> I was only talking about minor title changes, e.g. from "Deutsche
> Nationalbibliographie" (German national bibliography) with "ph" to
> "Deutsche Nationalbibliografie" with "f" (which is the more modern
> spelling variant in German). In cases such as this, the local
> catalogue would still show the latest variant ("f") in the main body,
> even if the library in question in fact does only own issues with the
> "ph" spelling. The "ph"-variant would only be shown in a note (e.g.:
> "Proper title until 2002: Deutsche Nationalbibliographie"). And, of
> course, the "ph"-variant is also indexed in the OPACs. Therefore, a
> user searching for the older title variant will also retrieve the record.
>
> I'm not a serials specialist myself, but I don't think this causes any
> problems for users or librarians: After all, the OPAC doesn't give an
> incorrect bibliographical information (it is true that the title is
> now spelled with "f", even if the library has stopped acquiring the
> serial). Actually, I think it's much more confusing the other way
> round: Somebody looks for the current title of a serial and is then
> perhaps presented with a rather old-fashioned looking variant.
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So it is more of a difference in what is considered a minor change. So,
if I may revise my earlier question:
When a serial has minor title changes: A to B to C to D (D is the latest
version) and a library has only A and B, I am still interested in what
the library does. Is the library supposed to add a title reference from
Title D? This would be easy in the card catalog, but perhaps more
difficult in the OPAC.
Is there still catalog maintenance done on these serials that are, from
the library's perspective, dead?
I am not judging at all--I just find different bibliographic practices
fascinating.
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