I think you misunderstood me. "OG" is the title according to the most current DLC record, however the past two issues have had the title "Organic Gardening". My question is, do I use the new record for "Organic Gardening"? As of today, 94 other libraries have listed it in their holding, but the record for "OG" is still open (and held by 707 libraries).
Thank you to everyone who has responded, but I still am unsure about whether to go ahead and use the new record even though the old one is still open. I understand that it is a minor change to go from the acronym to the full title, but even though it was a minor change to go from the full title to the acronym, a new record was created and used, apparently, and thus the source of my uncertainty.
Anna Creech
(reminding myself that in 1000 years, none of this will matter)
-----Original Message-----
From: Enrique Gildemeister [mailto:RGildem550@AOL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:52 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: Organic Gardening: title change? again?
Anna,
Regarding the problem presented by your last two titles, the CONSER
cataloging manual, in module 16, p. 11, says:
"If the entire title is replaced by a full form or acronym (or vice versa),
consider the change also to be *minor*." So, Organic gardening --> OG is a
minor change.
This means that you don't set up a new record. Ignore the new record for OG
present in OCLC and just make a 246 in your latest Organic Gardening, to cover
the situation. What I always do in cases like this is try to make a quick
decision and then keep in a folder copies of all my problem records. Then, look
them up in OCLC every couple of weeks. Who knows? Like everybody else, the
CONSER libraries can be inconsistent, and you'll learn a lot in the process.
Just the other day there was a related problem discussed on AUTOCAT, and no
one seemed to agree on how to how to interpret the applicable written rules and
policies.
Good luck!
Rick Gildemeister
formerly Serials and Documents Cataloger
Lehman College, CUNY
