Re: OG (aka Organic Gardening) (Lynn Cote) Ann Ercelawn 04 Feb 2004 17:46 UTC
From: Lynn Cote <Lynn.Cote@uconn.edu> Subject: RE: [SERIALST] OG (aka Organic Gardening) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:37:20 -0500 Karen, I couldn't agree with you more! When I initially saw the email about Journal of Cost Management, I breathed a sigh of relief to find we had cancelled our subscription quite a few years ago! Our journals check-in is done by students and I have spent years (and years) drilling into them to search by title and not ISSN (for many previously discussed reasons) specifically for identification of title changes. I am dreading the day when we identify a minor title change, such as this one, for a title we own and that I have to assure that our students will first find the check-in record in our serials check-in module and then read the note to label it appropriately so that it can be shelved correctly. I'm sure this is more problematic for library journal collections that are shelved alphabetically. While this change may be intended to lessen the number of title changes and therefore decrease the number of bibliographic records added to our national utilities, it certainly will increase the workload at the institution (workflow)level which entails assuring correct shelving entry, informing/educating our reference staff and users to look at a variety of notes in the online catalog to determine if there is a shelving entry that differs from 245 (and that may also differ from a citation, as you suggest). Lynn K. Cote Serials Cataloger/Serials Receipt Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries Collections Services, U-1005 369 Fairfield Rd. Storrs, CT 06269-1005 ph. (860)486-6495 fax (860)486-6493 -----Original Message----- From: Aufdemberge, Karen J. [mailto:KAufdem@UTNET.UTOLEDO.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 12:57 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] OG (aka Organic Gardening) In reply to Steve's question on how the revised rules are working for others, I'd like to mention that the most vexing case I've come across so far was the change from Journal of Cost Management to Cost Management, which according to the new rules is a *minor* change. (BTW, this was discussed on SERIALST just a few months ago.) I wonder if a patron searching the catalog to see if the library holds Cost Management (which is almost certainly the title that will be used in citations) may very likely assume that the title is *not* held, when the title shown in the retrieved record is "Journal of Cost Management." And what about claim forms that print the title from the 245 field? Won't having the former title on the claim just cause confusion for the vendor or publisher? I think that NOT treating this as a title change not only creates confusion for the check-in staff and patrons, but also creates more work for the serials librarian. Instead of just going through the usual procedure for a title change, you have to decide whether to continue to shelve current issues under the "former" title (the title in the 245 field), which means re-labeling all issues received henceforth with the correct shelving title, or shelving older volumes under the former title and current volumes under the current title, which means adding notes to the record explaining the shelving situation to patrons. Karen Aufdemberge Serials & Electronic Resources Cataloger Carlson Library (Mail Stop 509) University of Toledo 2801 W. Bancroft St. Toledo, OH 43606 419-530-8532 karen.aufdemberge@utoledo.edu