/If you follow: /

21.2C2., a)   Major changes. In general, consider as a major change in a
title proper of a serial the addition, deletion, change, or reordering
of any of the first five words ... unless the change belongs to one or
more of the categories listed in 21.2C2b.

/then it is a major change  -- because the change does not fall under
21.2C2b iii/

iii)   a difference involving the name of the same corporate body* *...
(e.g., the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of the name of the same
corporate body* *or the substitution of a variant form)

/I assume the phrase "the name of the same corporate body" is intended
to mean the corporate body that the serial "emanates" from in AACR2
speak (e.g., 21.1C:/

Entry under title
21.1C1.
Enter a work under its title proper or, when appropriate, uniform title
(see chapter 25) if:
...
c) it emanates from a corporate body ...

/The deletion of the name of the corporate body //constitutes a major
change //because the serial  no longer emanates from the body./

I agree with Steve!
Beth

Beth Guay
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College Park, Maryland 20742

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Steven C Shadle wrote:
> Early on in implementation of 2002 revision, questions like this came
> up.  A strict interpretation of the rules would imply this is not a
> major change (deletion of issuing body).  However, the NSH opinion of
> myself and others (including Jean Hirons) in this case (where an
> issuing body/publisher was part of the title proper and the it was
> dropped at the same time the issuing body/publisher changed), you
> really are talking about a major change.
>
> Any possibility we can get an new ISSN for the title change?
>
> Steve Shadle/Serials Access Librarian  *****  shadle@u.washington.edu
> University of Washington Libraries      ***     Phone: (206) 685-3983
> Seattle, WA 98195-2900                   *        Fax: (206) 543-0854
>
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Joe Orth wrote:
>
>> "Want's federal-state court directory" OCLC # 10296033 is a CONSER
>> blessed
>> record.  With the 2007 edition of this title, it is now no longer
>> published by Want's but by CQ Press and the title is "Federal-state
>> court
>> directory" and the cover clearly says "formerly Want's federal-state
>> court
>> directory."  For some time, there has been a variant title for this
>> shorter title to allow searching without the publisher's name.
>>
>> Per 21.2C2a in AACR2 "Consider as a major change in title proper a
>> change
>> in a corporate body name given anywhere in the title if it is a
>> different
>> corporate body." I'm not sure this counts, since the new corporate
>> body is
>> not present in the title, just having the old corporate body dropped.
>> However, this is a change in the first 5 words. If it were the same
>> corporate body, I'd look at 21.2C2b iii - deletion of name of same
>> corporate body is a minor change.  Also, there is a statement: "In
>> case of
>> doubt, consider the change to be a minor change."
>>
>> In the LCRIs, under 21.2C2 - "In applying category b)iii), if the change
>> is in the name of a body that is part of the title proper and the change
>> requires the creation of a new heading for the body, consider such a
>> change to be a major change."  I got the feeling this was more for the
>> presence of a corporate body, not the deletion of the old corporate
>> body.
>>
>> I'm thinking this is a major change, however, I'm not very
>> experienced in
>> this, so I'd like someone with some experience to give me some
>> confirmation.  Any help out there?
>>