Agreed.  Even though the DVD-ROM was retrospectively a one-time publication, because the content was serially issued, it should be cataloged as a serial (just as we would for a reprint or retrospective reproduction).  I would suggest you ask OCLC to flip some fields to make it a serial record.

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On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Patricia Thompson wrote:

> I have the complete run of the Southern Courier newspaper (1965-1968) on
> DVD-ROM. There is a bib record in OCLC WorldCat for this. It is coded as a
> monograph computer file. Is this correct?
>
> It is a one-time publication, but it just seems like I should somehow code
> the serial aspect of the title.
>
> Pat Thompson
>
>
> Patricia R. Thompson
> Assistant University Librarian for Resource Management Services
> duPont Library
> University of the South
> Sewanee, TN 37383
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>