Anna -- Because under current rules this is not a major change, please use
the record for OG (#51989049), I will report #51989049 for deletion.
Since no other CONSER library has stepped forward on this and we have a
current subscription, I'll take care of it.  Unfortunately, neither
May/June or July/Aug. issue is on shelf (it's the end of our term and
sometimes things get squirreled away), but hopefully an issue will surface
in the next day or two.  --Steve

    Steve Shadle           shadle@u.washington.edu  *******
    Serials Cataloger                                *****
    University of Washington Libraries, Box 352900    ***
    Seattle, WA 98195               (206) 685-3983     *

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Creech, Anna wrote:

> 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
>