>From your description, it sounds like the title on the t.p. has not changed.  If the title on chief source hasn't changed, then it's not a major change.

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On Tue, 7 Feb 2012, Patricia Fogler wrote:

> Jane’s is back at it.   The first of a large number of serial publications we
> subscribe to from Jane’s has landed on my desk.   Apparently the
> corporation IHS has purchased Jane’s and the publications now have the
> letters “IHS” (which my spellchecker obstinately insists should be “his”,
> so I’ll be referring to it by the “initials”) in front of the title on the cover
> and the spine.
>
> However, the font of these initials, which the same height, is ever so
> slightly narrower (this may be wishful thinking, but a colleague tends to
> agree) and more to the point:  the initials are completely absent from the
> title on the actual t.p. inside the book. In fact inside the book you see the
> initials together only with the word Jane’s, which seems to me to be
> indicating the new ownership of the company Jane’s and its products.
> The title inside the book in front of me clearly states:  “Jane’s sentinel --
> country risk assessments : Russia and the CIS”.    The initials have been
> relegated to the next & succeeding 3 pages, but are absent after that &
> do not run along the bottom of the page with the title.
>
> This is illustrated similarly at their website:
> http://www.janes.com/products/janes/security/country-
> risk/assessments.aspx
> where under the “overview & benefits” tab they talk about the Jane’s
> Sentinel country risk assessments” without the initials ahead of the title.
>
> So.  I have over a hundred Jane’s titles in my catalog.  Some records are
> closed but dozens are active.  I see a number of new serial titles in
> Connexion with the IHS addition to the title.  Before I set my staff to
> closing & creating new records (we have many Jane’s titles that haven’t
> received the new treatment in Connexion) I need to be sure that this is a
> true title change.
>
> Of course this may be a step in the direction & with the next issue the
> change may be unmistakeable.  But at this point I’m not convinced.   Can
> anyone tell me if this is currently a major title change or whether I can
> have a 246 added to our local records to cover this title variant?
>
> Many thanks.
>
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