On Fri, 13 Sep 1991 08:48:34 CDT Don Samdahl said:
>In our OPAC we code annuals and periodicals differently and signs direct the
>patron to the appropriate floors for monographs and periodicals.  We code the
>annuals like monographs so the patron knows how they are being treated.  Our
>annuals are treated like monographs and are shelved with them and circulate lik
>e them.
>
>
At the Univeristy of Rhode Island annuals are treated as serials and shelved
in the bound serial stacks.  They are identified in the card catalog as serials
with a note to "See Serials List for volumes in Library." These titles are catl
oged once (until the title changes!) and checked in on the SC-10 serials system
.  We tend to treat as serials those titles LC treats as serials. Admitedly,
there is often a very tenuous difference between which are "serials" and which
are "monographs."  We find serial treatment generally to be easier in terms of
time and effort spent in cataloging.
>
Martha Kellogg
Serials Librarian
University of Rhode Island Library