In cases of doubt about whether a title change is major or minor, it is
helpful to follow the precedent set by the ISSN assignment.  Accordingly,
I have asked the head of the UK ISSN centre to look into this situation
and, if possible, make a decision about whether a new ISSN will be
assigned or not.  A preliminary indication is that a new ISSN may not be
assigned but the final outcome will depend on the result of more
investigation by the UK center.  I will post a message when I receive a
decision.

Regina Reynolds,
Head, U.S. ISSN center (National Serials Data Program)

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Corrice, Julia A. wrote:

> The reason why I am unsure that it falls into this exception is that
> there is a change in the corporate body as well, which is what makes it
> so confusing. I received this information concerning the corporate body
> last week:
>
> "Europa is an imprint owned by Taylor and Francis, recently they
> amalgamated many of their imprints (Carfax, Europa, etc) into the two
> imprints Routledge and Taylor and Francis."
>
> It is after this amalgamtion that "Europa" was added to the title.
>
> It was the "same corporate body" phrase that made me think it did not
> apply to this case,making it an addition to the first five words and a
> major change. But I'm not sure what the definition of "same corporate
> body" is.
>
> I still don't whether to import the OCLC record or not. They haven't
> closed off the old one yet.
>
> Julia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jana Brubaker [mailto:C60JPB1@WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:29 AM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] World of Learning
>
>
> If you look at 21.2C2 part B in AACR2R with 2002 revisions you will find
> a definition of minor title changes for serials.  In section iii it says
> that a change involving the "addition, deletion, or rearrangement of the
> name of the same corporate body or the substitution of a variant form"
> is a minor change. Module 16 in the CONSER Cataloging Manual 2002
> edition gives some additional explanation. I'll admit that I find it a
> bit confusing.  For example, what do they mean by the "same corporate
> body" when a corporate body has been added to the beginning of a title?
>
> Jana Brubaker
> Serials Catalog Librarian
> Northern Illinois University
>
>
> >>> llw@GWU.EDU 10/31/05 6:00 AM >>>
> Since the change is an additon to the first five words of the title
> (AACR2 21.2A1) I considered it to be a title change and found OCLC
> cataloging for it as a new title, #61894133.  I don't consider it to
> fall under any of the exceptions listed in 21.2A2.  Exception c comes
> closest but to me c is for changes in the form of the name of a
> corporate body that is already in the title.
> Linda Wirth
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Corrice, Julia A." <CorriceJA@CMOG.ORG>
> Date: Friday, October 28, 2005 10:14 am
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] World of Learning
>
> > Europa was the former publisher of this title, it is currently
> > publishedby Routledge.
> >
> > Is is still a minor change?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steven C Shadle [mailto:shadle@U.WASHINGTON.EDU]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:18 PM
> > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] World of Learning
> >
> >
> > I assume Europa is referring to a corporate body (publisher)?  If
> so,
> > then the change would be minor.
> >
> > Steve Shadle
> > Serials Access Librarian
> > University of Washington Libraries
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Jana Brubaker wrote:
> >
> > > I would like some guidance on whether a certain title change is
> > major> or minor. World of Learning has changed to Europa World of
> > Learning.> Is this a major change or does this fall under category
> > iii of minor
> > > changes: The name of the same corporate body is added or deleted
> > > anywhere in the title?
> > >
> > >
> > > Jana Brubaker
> > > Serials Catalog Librarian
> > > Founders Memorial Library
> > > Northern Illinois University
> > > DeKalb, IL 60115
> > >
> >
>

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