Hello Everyone:

Even though the rules say you don't have to use a new record, can we have the choice to do so?

We like the new title and record because Organic Gardening is what the magazine is commonly known as. Our patrons and staff never got used to calling it OG, and now they don't have to.

Thanks,
Hallie

Hallie Hankel
Serials Librarian
Jefferson Parish Library
Metairie, La.
hhankel@jefferson.lib.la.us
504-838-1100 ext. 253

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Shadle [mailto:shadle@U.WASHINGTON.EDU]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 11:48 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: Organic Gardening: title change? again?

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
>