Anna -- You might consider emailing the editor (I assume an email address
is on the piece) and find out if there is any logic to their change in
numbering.  You might also mention it's not only difficult for libraries,
but confusing for users.

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On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Anna Creech wrote:

> The 2006 volume of Die Casting Engineering (0012-523X) seems to be
> having some trouble with the numbering.  The first three issues were
> correctly labeled Vol. 50 No. 1-3, but the fourth issue was incorrectly
> labeled as being Vol. 49 No. 4 and was then followed by Vol. 49-B No.
> 5.
>
> What do you do in this sort of situation?  We're going to make the
> corrections on the covers, but I'm slightly worried that the November
> 2006 issue will come out numbered as Vol. 48-C No. 6 or something
> worse.
>
> Anna
>
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