I am also concerned with this title and its sub topics.  I hope the
conference call does answer the publication numbering problems.  I am
wondering if next year the publisher charges us for six separate
journals saying that each topic is a journal unto itself.

Regina McEneaney
Suffolk Co. Comm. College
Library/TSO
533 College Rd.
Selden, NY.  11784
631-451-4178
mcenear@sunysuffolk.edu

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Regina Reynolds
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:18 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Patient Care numbering update

I have been in communication with Advanstar, publisher of Patient Care
about the numbering situation and about whether it is their intention to
publish several separate periodicals instead of the single periodical,
Patient Care, that they publish at present.  Answers to the questions I
raised will determine whether separate ISSN and records are needed.  At
present, the publication seems to be in transition and that transition
has resulted in the numbering that has been causing problems and
concerns. One important consideration is that the subject-specific
topics are not yet stabilized. In other words, some topics (now
expressed as subtitles or part titles) may never appear again, and new
ones may be introduced.

I am scheduled to participate in a conference call on Monday, June 11
with several Advanstar managers and I hope we can arrive at some
solutions.  It may be that an interim resolution is needed for now until
publication plans become more finalized.  In the meantime, I would
suggest that no new records for the separate parts be created and those
that are in save files remain there for now.  I know that check-in is a
problem and that the lack of a resolution is causing even more problems
but I think it's better to make a decision with input from the publisher
rather than to go in a direction that might have to be reversed later.

I'll let you know the outcome of Monday's meeting as quickly as
possible.

Regina 	R. Reynolds                     email: rrey@loc.gov
Head, National Serials Data Program     voice: (202) 707-6379
Library of Congress                     fax    (202) 707-6333
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