Hi Michael,

In general the microfilm sets of serial titles that we do receive (even
in this day and age we occasionally acquire them!) are pretty expensive
and thus worth the cost of cataloging  -- so unless your set isn't
greatly valued by your faculty or collection managers, I would advise
that you catalog the individual titles in the set. For an example of how
we deal with them, do a call number search in our catalog
(http://catalog.umd.edu/search=basic&base=gl) under AN42.B6 E8.

good luck with them and have fun!

Beth

Beth Guay
Monographs/Continuing Resources Cataloger
McKeldin Library, University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742

(301) 405-9339
fax (301) 314-9971
baguay@umd.edu

Pearce, Michael wrote:
> We recently received microfilm that contains three separate community
> newspaper titles bound together. The title on the microfilm container is
> "Sun Papers" referencing the publisher, but making no mention of the
> three individual titles therein. Our normal procedure for titles bound
> together is to attach holdings to microfilm records for each individual
> title and add a public "bound with" note. With sets like Early American
> Newspapers the individual titles are listed on the container. Does the
> fact that the set we received only references "Sun Papers" preclude that
> we make a new record for this title, or should we proceed to catalog
> these by individual title, "bound with" notes etc. I am new at this so
> please be gentle. Thanks for your time and consideration.
> Sincerely,
> Michael Pearce
> Catalog Librarian
> University of Alabama
>