fotomechanical reproductions of serial publications Anneke Houtkamp 05 Sep 1995 15:37 UTC
Originally posted to SERIALST on 20 June 1995. Re-posted at the author's request. -bml ------------------------------ Original Message -------------------------- So far I have received 2 reactions, both along the lines of: yes, I would like to know how others deal with this too! Could my original message be posted on the list again, please? And replies, as before, to the list as well? Thanks [Anneke Houtkamp <JHM.Houtkamp@UBVU.VU.NL>]bml -------------------------- [Original Message] ------------------------- The Dutch WESP (Werkgroep Seriele Publicaties = Workgroup Serial Publications) concerns itself with problems and issues related to the cataloguing aspects of serial publications. We meet 3 times per year. Subgroups are formed to prepare the ground, and formulate proposals for discussions on specific topics. Such a topic is: fotomechanical reprints of serial publications (sp), and how to catalogue them. Preliminary proposals are as follows: When a library acquires part of a sp in fotomech. repr. (to close gaps in its holding), the bibliographic record is made for the original; an annotation for the holding lists which of the issues are in fotomech. repr. E.g.: Holding: Vol. 1 (1951)-... Annotation: Vol. 6 (1956)-vol. 11 (1961): Fotomechanical repr. New York, N.Y. : Kraus Reprint, 1985 When the fotomech. repr. is of the complete sp, the bibliographic record uses the titlepage of the repr., with an Edition field: Fotomech. repr., Publisher field: <the new publisher and date>, Annotation: Fotomech. repr. of <original title, original publisher, and original dates of publ.> For the Number field and Holding field the original numbers are used. So far there aren't any problems as far as we are concerned. The problems arise, when part of a sp is published in fotomechanical reprint, usually with an introduction, historical perspective, or such like. These are usually sp-volumes which appeared during WWII, published illegally. The sp itself still exists, and most libraries have current holdings, although these (rare) war-issues may be missing in most cases. How are these to be catalogued. Can they be added to the bibliographic record of the original title? - In which case information concerning the added essays etc. will be lost? Should they be catalogued separately? As serial publication? Or as a monograph? - How should these catalogue entries be linked to that of the sp? I'd be grateful for suggestions, and information about practices elsewhere in the world. Thanks. Anneke Houtkamp Vrije Universiteit. Library Amsterdam NL e-mail address: JHM.Houtkamp@ubvu.vu.nl *************************** JHM.Houtkamp@ubvu.vu.nl tel. 020-4445152 ***************************