Re: Successive entry/latest entry questions. Carmel Yurochko 05 Feb 2004 19:46 UTC
Lynne, Thank you so much for your reply. Glad we are not the only ones questioning what to do with these things. Carmel -----Original Message----- From: Lynne Stevens [mailto:lstevens@RMWC.EDU] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:23 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Successive entry/latest entry questions. We are on Dynix, which will show "Old Title" and "New Title" entries on the non-MARC record if they are in 780 and 785 fields on the MARC record. We have trained our patrons to go to the subscription summary screen, though, for title holdings information. I manually put notes in the copy record which then appear under the summary holdings. I laughed out loud when I saw your suggestion of a title that needed special attention; a coworker and I were talking about this one yesterday! So: here's the entry on the summary screen for Atlantic Monthly (1971-1981): Title changed from: (1857-1932) Atlantic Monthly (1932-1971) Atlantic Title changed to: (1981-1993) Atlantic (1993- ) Atlantic Monthly I don't bother with months even if it changes in mid-year. Lynne N. Stevens Serials Coordinator Lipscomb Library Randolph-Macon Woman's College 2500 Rivermont Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24503-1526 434 947-8133 434 947-8134 Fax lstevens@rmwc.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Carmel Yurochko Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:29 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Successive entry/latest entry questions. Thank you in advance to any one who responds to the questions below. Here at Duquesne University, we are experiencing some problems with users and some staff saying that our serials titles/holdings in our online catalog are difficult to read and understand. They are therefore having difficulty locating desired serials. To this end, we are attempting to find ways to make our serials more "readable". I would appreciate some feedback on the following questions. * Which standard (successive/latest entry) you are using and why? * How is your institution handling a title like Atlantic Monthly with all of its various title changes? * Do your users find your online catalog easy to read? How have you accomplished this feat? I certainly would appreciate getting some input on this situation from other institutions. Thanks, Carmel Yurochko ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carmel Yurochko Serials/Electronic Resources Librarian Psychology Dept. Liaison Duquesne University The Gumberg Library 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282 412.396-5233 fax 412.396-5639 yurochko@library.duq.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~