Marilyn,

I can attempt a reply and throw in a comment or two.  But I cannot
resolve the last dilemma you have presented.  Perhaps someone else can
provide additional information.

                <...>

>Is there a reason why OCLC #7541958 and #1752472 have the same title
>in the 245 (Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers),
>but no 130 to distinguish them from each other?  Is this an
oversight?

                "Oversight" is the perfect word.  (Both _are_ AACR2 records.)

>I am assuming that #1752472 should have a 130 with a qualifier of the
>year 1955, as in the key title in 222.

                I think you're more likely to agree with the eventual
revised CONSER entries for these two titles if you add a 130 uniform
title to the earlier title, #7541958.

                The record for the later title (#1752472) was actually
the first record added to the CONSER database.  And, it is an
LC-authenticated record (042 = lc).  The record for the earlier title
was added to the database four and half years later.  It is a CONSER
member-authenticated record (042 = lcd).

                Because it is later, it is on the latter record that
an oversight seems to have occurred.  And, because it has been
authenticated at a lower level, it the record most likely to have its
entry changed.  [Refer to LCRI 25.5B 1) b) and CONSER Editing Guide
B3.3.3 3).]

                I would be inclined to add a title+date uniform title,
as you suggested, but to the other record: Journal of the Institution
of Electrical Engineers (1889).

                Another good reason to add the uniform title to that
record is the uncertain startup year for the other title.

                [...]

>It resumes the previous
>Journal of the IEE, but as far as I can tell, it begins in 1955, not
>1949, as in the oclc record.  The issues on our shelf for 1949-1954
>are called Proceedings of the IEE and reflect oclc record #2422018.
                [...]
>There is no Journal for 1949-1954, as far as I can tell.

                [...]

                MIT's holdings (in remote storage, unfortunately) are
the same as AT&T Bell Labs'.  But I decided to check in NST for
further information before replying.  The NST entry includes the
not-as-clear-as-we-might-wish notation: "Material for members' use,
published in part 1 of the former Journal, will appear in a new
monthly Journal for circulation among members only (not in UL)."

                So, it is possible that a members-only journal was
issued 1949-1954, though it was not sent to libraries.

>Marilyn Quinn
>AT&T Bell Labs
                [...]

        David Van Hoy, Principal
           Serials Cataloger
             MIT Libraries
               dcvh@mit.
                  edu