A change in title has occured, but it is not a major change requiring the creation of a successive record. See 21.2C2

b)   Minor changes. In general, consider the following to be a minor change in a title proper of a serial:....

iii)   a difference involving the name of the same corporate body and elements of its hierarchy or their grammatical connection ***anywhere*** in the title (e.g., the ***addition,*** deletion, or rearrangement of the name of the same corporate body or the substitution of a variant form)

[emphasis mine]

Provide access for the new title (and variations) but do not create a successive record.

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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Colleen Smith wrote:

> I have the title International Law & Management Review in hand.  In
> 2006, the publishers of the journal added the words Brigham Young
> University to the beginning of the title.  The publishers refer to their
> own journal at times as Brigham Young University International Law &
> Management Review, BYU International Law & Management Review, and
> International Law & Management Review.  A 246 field has been added for
> the variant title of Brigham Young University international law &
> management review.
>
> Here is my question:  The journal provides "cite as" instructions.
> Prior to 2006, the journal said "Cite as: Int'l. L. & Mgmt. Rev."  In
> 2006, the instructions changed to "Cite as: BYU Int'l. L. & Mgmt. Rev."
> Does the journal's own citation instructions play any role in whether a
> title change has occurred?  Meaning, does the change in their own
> citation instructions imply an intent to change title, and do we care if
> their intent was to officially change the title?
>
> Is this really NOT a title change?  I want to be sure I'm not missing
> something.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Colleen
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Colleen E. Smith
> Head of Technical Services
> Albany Law School
> Albany, New York
> csmit@albanylaw.edu
> (518) 445-2341
>