Robin -- A couple tips.  Generally, ISSN assignments for US serial publications are made by the National Serials Data Program (NSDP) and are reflected in OCLC.  When you see an 042 nsdp in the CONSER record, you can be sure that the ISSN in 022|a is the correct ISSN for that title.

According to OCLC #2250430, 0023-9194 is the correct ISSN for Law and Order.  In cases where you see misprints on current issues, you should contact NSDP (issn@loc.gov) so that they can contact the publisher about the misprint.

Steve Shadle
Serials Access Librarian
University of Washington Libraries

On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Robin Insalaco wrote:

> Hello-
>
> I am very new to serials, so that's my excuse if this seems like a lame question.
>
> If publishers make mistakes with ISSNs noted in magazines/journals, do
> they never correct them?  This specific instance is about Law and Order
> where the ISSN listed in the journal is 0023-9195, but according to
> Ulrich's and everybody else I checked should actually be 0023-9194 .
> In checking our back issues this has happeded since at least 2003.  Or
> are the publishers correct and everyone else is wrong?
>
> Not a particulary earth-shattering item, but I'm curious.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Robin
>
>
> Robin Insalaco, MLIS
> Reference/Serials Librarian
> Vaughn Library
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