Thanks, Steve.
I guess I wasn't as clear as I should have been in my description of the
question.

The 245 has four words in the title, so "& Alaska" is an addition of
words to the title, and indicates a change of scope.

I can see that an interpratation would be to call this a minor title
change per 21.2A2b (addition, deletion, or change of articles,
prepositions, or conjuctions anywhere in the title).

However, I still feel that the addition of the words and the scope
change removal of Canada, addition of Alaska seems rather major to me)
makes it quite clear that this is a major change, not a minor one..

Is there a way to readdress this so that we can use 57346281, which
appears to me in my "cataloger's judgement" to be the appropriate record
to use.

Thanks.

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Minnesota State University, Mankato
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-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Shadle
Sent: Monday, 24 January, 2005 10:45 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Mobil travel guide. Northwest & Alaska

Robert -- I don't disagree with your judgment about change of scope, but
only want to point out that Alaska is the *sixth* word in the title ("&"
is a word), thus added after the first five.

My guess is that the cataloger working on it considerred Alaska
implicitly
part of the Northwest and didn't consider it a change of scope.  --Steve

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Bothmann, Robert L wrote:

> The 2003 and 2004 editions of "Mobil travel guide. Northwest" do not
> contain Alaska and DO contain some western Canadian provinces.
>
> The 2005 "Mobil travel guide. Northwest & Alaska" covers Alaska,
Idaho,
> Oregon, and Washington, but no Canadian provinces.
>
> Per AACR2 rule 21.2C2, the addition of Alaska to the first 5 words
> constitutes a major title change. The change in content (addition of
> Alaska, deletion of Canadian coverage) of the publication appears to
me
> to also be a major change. Also, I can't seem to make this change in
> title fit any of the conditions in 21.2C2b.
>
> Clarification, explanation would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> *******************************************
> Robert Bothmann
> Electronic Access/Catalog Librarian
> Minnesota State University, Mankato
> Voice: 507-389-2010
> Fax: 507-389-5155
> mailto:robert.bothmann@mnsu.edu
>