Re: 2 frequencies (Beth Guay) Marcia Tuttle 10 Aug 1999 19:01 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:33:03 -0400 From: Beth Guay <bg53@UMAIL.UMD.EDU> Subject: Re: 2 frequencies (P. Michelle Fiander) Dear Michelle, Is the first issue the only issue you have in hand? If you have a run in hand, it would be easier on you to go ahead and state the actual frequency. The use of the 936 could be one means to convey your certainty about the frequency. (CCM module 13, p. 10 states: "In general, give the stated frequency. In cases where it is obvious that the stated frequency is not the actual frequency, as evidenced by a number of issues and the numbering of those issues, give the actual frequency when it can be determined"). In EITHER case, you have enough justification to note the actual frequency. The publisher states in the issue that the frequency is semiannual. Consider omitting altogether the other title information. While CCM module 6, p. 34 states you should record the subtitle when it contains the name of the corporate body responsible for issuing the serial (and I'm assuming from your question that the piece you have in hand does), further reading of module 6 offers this advice: "Generic words and phrases that merely indicate the type of publication, such as ... 'quarterly journal' should always be ommitted." You could accomodate recording of the the issuing body in a 550 note. I would personally go that route than the route of use of the mark of ommission in the subtitle for the frequency (which would allow you to record the body in the subtitle). Have fun, Beth > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 15:29:08 -0500 > From: "Fiander, P. Michelle" <mfiander@IUPUI.EDU> > Subject: 2 frequencies > > Hello, > I have the first issue (1995) of a serial. Below the caption it > says: The quarterly journal of the..., but in the subscription information > area , the frequency is given as semi-annual. A call to the organization > confirms that the publishing pattern has been twice a year; with one year > seeing only 1 issue published. > My inclination is to indicate the frequency as twice a year not > quarterly, with a note indicating the frequency according to the subtitle on > the first issue. Does this sound like a reasonable approach? > Thanks for your help, > > > *************************** > Michelle Fiander > Cataloging/Reference & Research > IUPUI University Library > 755 W. Michigan Street > Indianapolis, IN 46202-5195 > 317-274-0480 (phone) > 317-278-2300 (fax) ---------------------- Beth Guay Serials Cataloger McKeldin Library University of Maryland College Park, Md. 20742 bg53@umail.umd.edu