Worst Serial Title Change of the CENTURY! Margaret Mering 19 May 1997 20:21 UTC
They come in quietly through the mailroom, blending in with all the other pieces of mail. You don't know they're coming, but they're coming for you, with the two words that put a tremor in the stoutest heart: TITLE CHANGE! And this is no ordinary title change. This is the kind of title change that you heard stories about as a child sitting around the campfire at midnight, stories that left you lying awake at night, afraid to look at your bookshelf, and this time, your mother isn't there to make it go away. It's big, it's bad, it's ugly, and you have to catalog it. If this rings a bell and sends a familiar chill down your spine, then ALCTS wants to talk to you. As part of the upcoming 40th anniversary celebration, we are looking for nominations for the Worst Serial Title Change of the CENTURY. The Worst Serial Title Change of the CENTURY Committee will be presenting several awards: The Worst of the Worst: Selected from previous winners of the annual award, these are the ones you don't talk about around small children The Worst of the Snake in the Grass: No place is safe from the enemy within - title changes done within the library community by those who should have known better The Worst of the Overlooked: A special award for title changes that have not been previously honored but have, nonetheless, been fermenting in your catalogs, waiting until they are ripe, like a good limburger cheese, the title changes so horrible that no one dared to send them in, until now It is up to you, oh ye strong of spine, to turn the page on these creatures and expose them to the light. Time is running out, though. You dedicated keepers of the bibliographic flame only have until JUNE 1, 1997, to send in your nominations before they get to slink safely back to the dark, waiting to spring again with their pernicious publishing practices. Innocent catalogers are at stake, so send those nominations in now! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE CENTURY AWARD NOMINATIONS I nominate the following publication for the award: Current title: Former title: Other related information: (Please include a photocopy of the title pages and/or other relevant pages, and a printout of the bibliographic records, if possible) Name: Library/Address: Send nominations by JUNE 1, 1997 to Frank Sadowski, Worst Serials Title of the CENTURY Committee, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0005 or Fax: 716-273-1032 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *