A change of 'format' that does not require a different specific materials designation (SMD, 300|a) does not require a successive record.  A note to the effect that the format changed from newspaper -> magazine could be useful.

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On Wed, 21 May 2008, Griffis, Deborah wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if this change in format will result in a new OCLC record for this title?  We handled the old version as a newspaper, and for now I have just added a magazine format to the newspaper bib.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Debby Griffis
> Periodicals Librarian
> Richland County Public Library
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> ________________________________________
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Rouillard, Marilee [mrouilla@KEENE.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:54 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] France-Amerique
>
> I have v.1 no.24 May 2008 and am expecting the June issue next week.
> They have changed to a monthly schedule, combining July and August.  I
> am staying with the 'v.1' and continuing the issue numbers unless they
> change because I have several titles that are similar.  An example is
> Hola.  Hope this helps.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Barbara Pope
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:11 AM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] France-Amerique
>
> Hello, everyone.  We subscribe to France-Amerique, published by
> France-Amerique Corporation.  The first issue came in April last year so
> we though it would change volume at the end of March this year, assuming
> that is has just one volume per year.  But it did not.  Our most recent
> issue is May 5th and it is still on volume 1.  Has anyone else noticed
> this?  Should we contact the publisher?  This is really weird?
>
> Barbara Pope, MALS
> Periodicals/Reference Librarian
> Axe Library
> Pittsburg State University
> 1701 S. Broadway
> Pittsburg KS  66762
> bpope@pittstate.edu
> 620-235-4884
>