I believe linking fields of titles continued, merged, continuing is important
because patrons may know the previous title but not the newer one.  For
example, many people still ask for the British Medical Journal not the BMJ or
for the Journal of the American Medical Association not JAMA.

Another reason for linking such entries, in some way, is that, if shelved
alphabetically by title, the library must decide to shelve titles that
"continue as" under the old or under the new title.  Shelving also
creates problems for the users no matter what decision libraries make.

How do others handle shelving issues related to title changes?

Hannah King
SUNY HSC Library at Syracuse
kingh@snysyrv1
kingh@vax.cs.hscsyr.edu