Konstantin,

NSDP staff are always available to correct ISSN problems on OCLC records
if such problems are brought to my attention or sent to NSDP's ISSN
mailbox:  issn@loc.gov.

The issue you raise here, however, is a broader issue than correcting
incorrect ISSN information.  Subfield y in field 022 is defined for
"incorrect ISSN that has been associated with the serial."  The incorrect
ISSN (even if unrelated) could have been printed on the serial, could have
been given to the publisher by mistake, could have appeared in a
publication such as New Serial Titles, etc.  These are all valid uses of
022 subfield y which can provide access to the correct record even when an
incorrect ISSN has been attributed in some source to the serial.

In order to get a better idea of exactly how Serials Solutions is using
data in 022 subfield y, I will contact SS and get back to you and the list
about the broader issue you have raised.  In the meantime, I would request
that information in that record's subfield y  not be deleted.  Thanks!

Regina Reynolds
Head, National Serials Data Program
Library of Congress
rrey@loc.gov

On Tue, 31 May 2005, Konstantin Gurevich wrote:

>    Greetings!
>    This record for Technical communication quarterly contains 022 $y
> 1534-8431. Incorrect is most certainly true, since this ISSN actually
> belongs to a totally different title, Journal of Latinos and education.
> The two are not even related. Meanwhile, the record goes from OCLC to
> SerialsSolutions and messes up link resolvers, such as SFX. And since we
> have SerSol records reloaded monthly, there is no point in fixing the
> record in our catalog.
>    Could some CONSER member kindly take a look at this record in OCLC
> and, if possible, remove the wrong ISSN? It would be much appreciated.
>
> Konstantin Gurevich
> Head, Serials Cataloging
> Rush Rhees Library
> University of Rochester
> Rochester, NY 14627-0055
> Phone (585) 275-9452
> E-mail: kgurevich@library.rochester.edu

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