Re: INS Janes' : a true title change? Steven C Shadle 07 Feb 2012 22:16 UTC
>From your description, it sounds like the title on the t.p. has not changed. If the title on chief source hasn't changed, then it's not a major change. Steve Shadle/Serials Access Librarian shadle@u.washington.edu NASIG President University of Washington Libraries Phone: (206) 685-3983 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 Fax: (206) 543-0854 On Tue, 7 Feb 2012, Patricia Fogler wrote: > Jane’s is back at it. The first of a large number of serial publications we > subscribe to from Jane’s has landed on my desk. Apparently the > corporation IHS has purchased Jane’s and the publications now have the > letters “IHS” (which my spellchecker obstinately insists should be “his”, > so I’ll be referring to it by the “initials”) in front of the title on the cover > and the spine. > > However, the font of these initials, which the same height, is ever so > slightly narrower (this may be wishful thinking, but a colleague tends to > agree) and more to the point: the initials are completely absent from the > title on the actual t.p. inside the book. In fact inside the book you see the > initials together only with the word Jane’s, which seems to me to be > indicating the new ownership of the company Jane’s and its products. > The title inside the book in front of me clearly states: “Jane’s sentinel -- > country risk assessments : Russia and the CIS”. The initials have been > relegated to the next & succeeding 3 pages, but are absent after that & > do not run along the bottom of the page with the title. > > This is illustrated similarly at their website: > http://www.janes.com/products/janes/security/country- > risk/assessments.aspx > where under the “overview & benefits” tab they talk about the Jane’s > Sentinel country risk assessments” without the initials ahead of the title. > > So. I have over a hundred Jane’s titles in my catalog. Some records are > closed but dozens are active. I see a number of new serial titles in > Connexion with the IHS addition to the title. Before I set my staff to > closing & creating new records (we have many Jane’s titles that haven’t > received the new treatment in Connexion) I need to be sure that this is a > true title change. > > Of course this may be a step in the direction & with the next issue the > change may be unmistakeable. But at this point I’m not convinced. Can > anyone tell me if this is currently a major title change or whether I can > have a 246 added to our local records to cover this title variant? > > Many thanks. > > //SIGNED// > Patricia Fogler > Chief, Cataloging Section (AUL/LTSC) > Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center > DSN 493-2135 Comm (334) 953-2135 >