Hi Ken,

I'm inputting the issues as the volume & number (assuming there are both)
and simply inputting the dates as Jan. 2007 <--- for each January issue.
I'm simply going with what information I'm given.

Cynthia Young
Serials Acquisitions
Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469

On 1/24/07, Ken Siegert <ken.siegert@fandm.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I wanted to know how others are treating the title, Angewandte Chemie?
>
> The first issue arrived without an exact publication date (normally
> found in the lower left corner of the cover).  The only real
> indication of date was "1st & 2nd January Issues", located in the
> upper right corner of the cover.  Prior to 2007, both dates were
> listed on the cover and the exact publication date was always about 2
> weeks prior to the more generic date in the upper right corner.
>
> What I have found is that the exact date is provided when you look on
> the publisher's web-site.  For the "1st & 2nd January Issues", the
> exact date is December 18, 2006.  I emailed the publisher and was
> told that my observations were correct --
>
> "The print issue will no longer have a publication date, because the
> online
> issue (and the article itself) is published days or weeks before the
> print
> version and that's the relevant publication dates. On the print issue we
> have the additional information" First January issue", "Second January
> issue", and so on...."
>
> Our Science Librarian would like to have the online "exact"
> publication date used, which will mean that we must look-up the title
> each time a new issue is received.  We will also be hand-writing the
> exact date on the issues.  What are others doing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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