Dear Colleague,

          I  would  like  to inform  you  that Update No.1  to  the  CONSER
          Cataloging  Manual   is   now  available   from   the  Cataloging
          Distribution Service  of  the  Library  of Congress.  It includes
          Module  12 "Interpreting Pre-AACR2 Serial Cataloging Records" and
          Module  30  "Direct Access Computer Files Serials." Both  modules
          are significant additions to the already well-received Part 1  of
          the CONSER Cataloging Manual.

          "Interpreting Pre-AACR2  Serial Cataloging Records," prepared  by
          Jean Hirons, provides an overview of  the ALA and AACR cataloging
          rules  that predated AACR2  and explains  how  these  rules  were
          applied to serials.  This module is particularly useful to  those
          involved with retrospective conversion and  is  also valuable  to
          any serial cataloger who must deal with older records.

          "Direct  Access  Computer  File  Serials,"  prepared  by  Kristin
          Lindlan  and  Anke  Grey  with  the assistance of  Janet Szarmach
          (Library of Congress) is  a particularly exciting section because
          it  provides, for  the  first  time,  indepth  guidance  for  the
          cataloging of serials on CD-ROM, floppy  disk,  and magnetic tape
          (i.e., "direct access") formats.  It  covers  all aspects of  the
          serials cataloging process  focusing  on  the  aspects  that  are
          unique to computer files.

          A second binder and updates to Appendix A and B and the Index are
          also included in Update no. 1.  The price is  46 dollars in North
          America and 50 dollars outside North America.

          It  is  also  not  too  late  to purchase Part  1  of  the CONSER
          Cataloging Manual which was released in June of 1993.   It covers
          all aspects of original cataloging in  18 modules with more  than
          100 illustrations.  It  is priced at  60 dollars in North America
          and 65 dollars outside North America.

          The  CONSER Cataloging Manual  is  an  ongoing effort  under  the
          direction  of  the  Serial  Record Division  of  the  Library  of
          Congress.   Used  with  the  CONSER  Editing  Guide,  the  CONSER
          Cataloging Manual is designed to  give  you  the complete picture
          for cataloging serial publications.

          For  more information contact:  Library  of  Congress, Cataloging
          Distribution Service, Customer Services Section, Washington, D.C.
          20541-5017. Toll-free telephone  in  the  U.S.: 1-800-255-3666 or
          call (202) 707-6100; fax: (202) 707-1334.

          -- Cheryl C. Cook
             Senior Library Services Analyst
             Library of Congress