I recommend inputting a serial record for the earlier title into OCLC. The
phrase "with a summary of caribou calving distribution since 1993" could be
seen as a subtitle, and therefore would be omitted from the 245 field of
the earlier title. A 500 note could be added to mention it, if desired.

Jack

At 04:41 PM 2/23/2007, Karen Wilson wrote:
>How would you handle this situation?  I have in hand several years of
>reports, cataloged as monographs, but I believe they are serials.  The
>titles are:
>
>Surveys of caribou and muskoxen in the Kuparuk-Colville region, Alaska,
>1999, with a summary of caribou calving distribution since 1993.
>Surveys of caribou and muskoxen in the Kuparuk-Colville region, Alaska, 2000.
>Surveys of caribou and muskoxen in the Kuparuk-Colville region, Alaska, 2001.
>Surveys of caribou and muskoxen in the Kuparuk-Colville region, Alaska, 2002.
>
>Then the title changes to:
>
>Mammal surveys in the Greater Kuparuk area, northern Alaska (cataloged as
>a serial).
>
>What should be used as the 245 of a serial record for the first title?
>My first inclination was to input it as "Surveys of caribou and muskoxen
>in the Kuparuk-Colville region, Alaska", and add a note stating that the
>volume for 1999 includes "A summary of caribou calving distribution since
>1993".  Or should I include that entire title in the 245, and add a 246
>for the title as it appears 2000-2002?  I've re-read AACR2 and the LCRIs,
>but still am not sure which way in correct.
>
>Thank you!
>
>Karen Wilson
>Bibliographic Access Management
>Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
>University of Alaska Fairbanks

Jack Hall
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