Successive vs Latest entry Serials cataloging Periodical Acquisitions 21 Sep 1993 13:20 UTC
Friends, I've been following the thread of successive vs latest entry cataloging with some interest. What I am dealing here at the Baha'm World Centre Library is an active collection of approximately 350 to 400 "Little journals" produced by volunteers in over 300 countries /regions reporting on the activities of the Bah^a'^i community in their area. When I first arrived at this library 10 years ago, I started to clean up the collection by bringing title changes to the attention of the cataloger. I found that his choice at that time was to re-cutter the number to reflect the latest title, which meant re-labelling each issue in the file so that they could be re-filed correctly after use. It only took a couple of instances of the following title change pattern to quickly decide that the cutter number would not be changed from what- ever it was first no matter what title changes occured afterwards. (I have collapsed the 4 cards into one for ease of viewing) BP Bolet^in Bah^a'^i [Costa Rica]. -- no.1 (julio 300.2 1963) - edicion #27 (2 de Marzo, 1989). -- .C67 San Jos^e : Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de B65 los Bah^a'^is de Costa Rica, 1963-1989. (?) nos : ill. ; 28-24 cm. Title varies : Noticias Bah^a'^is, no.1 (julio 1963) ; Boletin Baha'i, no.1 (julio 1964) - no.4 (19 enero 1965) ; Noticias Baha'is, before no.3 (oct. 1965) ; Boletin Baha'i de Costa Rica, before no.14 (apr. 1969) - no.25 (feb. 1970) ; Noticiaticas Baha'is, (marzo 1971) - (enero/feb. 1972) ; Boletin Bah^a'^i Costa Rica, no.1 (junio-julio 1972) - (set. 1973) ; Boletin Baha'i, (9 set./16 oct. [1976]) - (4/23 nov. 1974) ; Noticias Bah^a'^is, (Ridvan 1975) - (july 1976) ; Bolet^in [name of Bah^a'^i month in bold letters], no.2 (julio 1978) - (#4, [set. 1978]) ; Bolet^in Bah^a'^i no.1 ([july 1981]) - [17 May 1983] ; Noticias Baha'is, [aug. 1983] - Oct. 1983 ; Bolet^in Bah^a'^i, (nov. 1983) - #26 (9 feb. 1989) ; Baha'i Costa Rica, #27 (2 marzo, 1989) - # 5 ([27 set. 1978])-May-June 1981] ; Bolet^in Bah^a'^i Costa Rica, v.1 Title: Noticiaticas Baha'is [Costa Rica]. III. Title: Bah^a'^i Costa Rica. IV. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bah^a'^is of Costa Rica. card 4 of 4 SPA 0000019143/16-MAR-91 COS My next challenge is to try to find or develop an automated check-in system that can handle the extremes of changes typified by the example above. Any thoughts warmly welcomed. Bryn Deamer Periodicals Acquisitions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- internet address: libper@bwc.org : Baha'i World Centre Library fax: 972-4-358280 : P.O.Box 155, Haifa 31001 ph: 972-4-358570 : Israel --------------------------------------END--------------------------------