I agree I had one yesterday that used XXXXVI.

LOL!

Diane R. Dudley
Periodicals Records Manager
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 8794
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794
Phone: 757-221-1697
drdudl@wm.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Susan Davis
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:58 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] The fine art of counting

I won't name any names, but I'd like to nominate any journal still trying
to use Roman numerals!  It's a lost art and sometimes for the folks are so
confused they aren't even close!

PS. The ALCTS Serials Section retired the Worst Serial Title Change award
after 2005.

Susan

Susan Davis
Head, Electronic Periodicals Management Department
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
134 Lockwood Library
Buffalo, NY  14260-2210
(716) 645-2784
(716) 645-5955 fax
unlsdb@buffalo.edu

--On Friday, January 13, 2006 8:07 AM -0500 Bob Persing

<persing@POBOX.UPENN.EDU> wrote:

> A little serials humor for a Friday:

> ALCTS gives out awards each year for the "worst serial title change". As
> far as I know, there's no similar award for numbering, but I see a lot of
> numbering problems each year that are pretty amusing (in retrospect).
> The one on my desk right now is The American Enterprise (ISSN 1047-3572).

> Here's what it said on its masthead in 2005:
> Jan./Feb. through July/Aug. issues: "Published eight times per year"
> Sept.: "published monthly"
> Oct./Dec.: "published ten times per year"

> How many issues did it actually publish in 2005? Seven.
> Anyone have other good recent examples?

> :-) Bob Persing