Re: Question re. Journal of the IEE David C. Van Hoy 05 Jan 1995 21:06 UTC
Marilyn, I can attempt a reply and throw in a comment or two. But I cannot resolve the last dilemma you have presented. Perhaps someone else can provide additional information. <...> >Is there a reason why OCLC #7541958 and #1752472 have the same title >in the 245 (Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers), >but no 130 to distinguish them from each other? Is this an oversight? "Oversight" is the perfect word. (Both _are_ AACR2 records.) >I am assuming that #1752472 should have a 130 with a qualifier of the >year 1955, as in the key title in 222. I think you're more likely to agree with the eventual revised CONSER entries for these two titles if you add a 130 uniform title to the earlier title, #7541958. The record for the later title (#1752472) was actually the first record added to the CONSER database. And, it is an LC-authenticated record (042 = lc). The record for the earlier title was added to the database four and half years later. It is a CONSER member-authenticated record (042 = lcd). Because it is later, it is on the latter record that an oversight seems to have occurred. And, because it has been authenticated at a lower level, it the record most likely to have its entry changed. [Refer to LCRI 25.5B 1) b) and CONSER Editing Guide B3.3.3 3).] I would be inclined to add a title+date uniform title, as you suggested, but to the other record: Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (1889). Another good reason to add the uniform title to that record is the uncertain startup year for the other title. [...] >It resumes the previous >Journal of the IEE, but as far as I can tell, it begins in 1955, not >1949, as in the oclc record. The issues on our shelf for 1949-1954 >are called Proceedings of the IEE and reflect oclc record #2422018. [...] >There is no Journal for 1949-1954, as far as I can tell. [...] MIT's holdings (in remote storage, unfortunately) are the same as AT&T Bell Labs'. But I decided to check in NST for further information before replying. The NST entry includes the not-as-clear-as-we-might-wish notation: "Material for members' use, published in part 1 of the former Journal, will appear in a new monthly Journal for circulation among members only (not in UL)." So, it is possible that a members-only journal was issued 1949-1954, though it was not sent to libraries. >Marilyn Quinn >AT&T Bell Labs [...] David Van Hoy, Principal Serials Cataloger MIT Libraries dcvh@mit. edu