World of Learning (4 messages) Ann Ercelawn 02 Nov 2005 15:11 UTC
4 messages: 1) From: Michael.Borries@domino1.cuny.edu Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 13:45:03 -0500 Note carefully 21.2C2 b iii: "difference" is defined as including "addition [or] deletion." The question is, since Europa is now only an imprint of the current publisher, not a corporate body itself, is it still covered by the rule? At this point, I would be inclined to say yes, since are often treated as publishers in the 260 field, and in light of the rule at the end of the list in 21.2C2b: "In case of doubt, consider the change to be a minor change." Michael S. Borries CUNY Central Cataloging 151 East 25th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10010 email: Michael.Borries@mail.cuny.edu Phone: (646) 312-1687 2) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:57:37 -0800 From: "Ed Jones" <ejones@nu.edu> Presumably the word "Europa" was added to the title _because of_ the change in publisher, in order to make clear that this "World of Learning" is the one formerly published by Europa Publications and not some new and different one published by Routledge. Once the identity of Routledge with "World of Learning" has been established (from a marketing point of view) over the next several editions, it wouldn't surprise me to see the word "Europa" dropped from the title (especially because it suggests a geographical constraint that doesn't apply). So I would be inclined to treat it as a minor title change, even though it would be stretching the intent of 21.2C2 iii) ("same corporate body" in the rule certainly implies that no change in the corporate body associated with the publication has occurred between the period prior to its name being added to the title and the period after, and in this case a change most definitely has occurred, a change that triggered the addition of "Europa" to the title.) Ed Jones Bibliographic and Metadata Services Coordinator National University 9393 Lightwave Ave San Diego, CA 92123-1447 +1 858 541 7920 +1 858 541 7997 (fax) 3) From: Linda Wirth <llw@gwu.edu> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 06:42:08 -0500 Some more evidence that this is a title change can be found by looking at previous instances when Europa was added to the title of a book. "The Europa international foundation directory", OCLC#60754163, is a new record created when Europa was added to the title of "International foundation directory", OCLC#9176678. The record for the new title, "The Europa international foundation directory" has an LCCN 2005257142. So LC considered the addition of Europa to a title to be a title change. Linda Wirth 4) Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:42:39 -0500 From: "Konstantin Gurevich" <KGurevich@library.rochester.edu> On top of that, the rule concludes with: "In case of doubt, consider the change to be a minor change." The fact that there's a record in OCLC doesn't mean much any more. In OCLC, one can find records illustrating every current rule, every outdated rule, and every possible rule violation. For serials, only CONSER records can be considered reliable, and this one (the new one) is not CONSER-authenticated. And since the letter of the rule is indeed somewhat confusing, it could be useful to think about the rule's spirit. This relatively new rule was designed to curb the proliferation of serial records where the publication remains essentially the same. In this case, the new publisher (Routledge) has even put the name of the former publisher (Europa) in the title, presumably to emphasize continuity. So I'm with Steve Shadle on this one: it's a minor change. Konstantin Gurevich Head, Serials Cataloging Rush Rhees Library University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627-0055 Phone (585) 275-9452 E-mail: kgurevich@library.rochester.edu