Re: Selecting Bib Records (2 messages) Birdie MacLennan 08 Apr 1998 19:22 UTC
2 messages, 87 lines: (1)--------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 12:34:52 EDT From: Michael Borries <MSBBH@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: Re: Selecting Bib Records If we find that the same title has been cataloged both as a serial and as a monograph, we will use the serial record. This saves time in cataloging (why catalog Who's who every year) and cuts down on the number of hits a user may encounter (how many records for Who's who does a user need to find?). Michael S. Borries Cataloger, City University of New York 555 West 57th Street, 16th Floor New York, NY 10019 msbbh@cunyvm.cuny.edu (212) 541-0376 (2)---------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 11:57:01 EDT From: "Tom Birch" <birch_t@libfl.baker.edu> Organization: Baker College of Flint Library Subject: Re: Selecting Bib Records Regina, Thanks very much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us. Your input is greatly appreciated! Regina Reynolds <rrey@LOC.GOV> wrote: Tom, To begin with, let me explain the situations in which a publication carries both an ISSN and an ISBN. This most often occurs with annuals or other types of directories, with serial travel guides, and with volumes in monographic series. In the case of annual or directory publications, the ISBN identifies the particular year, e.g., 1998, while the ISSN identifies the ongoing publication--the serial. For monographs in a series, the ISBN identifies the particular monograph and the ISSN identifies the ongoing series. For example, the series _Cookbooks of the World_ would be assigned an ISSN, the volume, The Cooking of Italy would be assigned an ISBN, but would also carry the ISSN of the series. In trying to determine which record to attach your holdings to, you would need to consider whether your library was collecting all the volumes of the annual or just occasional years, or all the volumes in the series or just occasional ones. I will let others speak for the particular practices in their libraries with regard to attaching holdings to records since Library of Congress practices might not be typical. Regina Reynolds Head, National Serials Data Program Library of Congress rrey@loc.gov On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Tom Birch wrote: > Please share with us how your institution determines whether to > attach holdings to a serial or monograph record when the item is > published with both an ISSN and an ISBN? We are trying to develop a > policy for our (college) library and would greatly appreciate any > suggestions. > > ***************************************************** > Tom Birch (810) 766-4071 phone > Serials Librarian (810) 766-4229 fax > Baker College birch_t@libfl.baker.edu > 1050 W. Bristol Road > Flint, MI 48507-5508 Regina R. Reynolds email: rrey@loc.gov Head, National Serials Data Program voice: (202) 707-6379 Library of Congress fax (202) 707-6333 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. ISSN Web page: lcweb.loc.gov/issn/ Washington, D.C. 20540-4160 ***************************************************** Tom Birch (810) 766-4071 phone Serials Librarian (810) 766-4229 fax Baker College birch_t@libfl.baker.edu 1050 W. Bristol Road Flint, MI 48507-5508