Originally posted to SERIALST on 20 June 1995.  Re-posted at the author's
request.   -bml

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So far I have received 2 reactions, both along the lines of: yes, I would
like to know how others deal with this too!

Could my original message be posted on the list again, please? And replies,
as before, to the list as well?
Thanks
[Anneke Houtkamp <JHM.Houtkamp@UBVU.VU.NL>]bml
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The Dutch WESP (Werkgroep Seriele Publicaties = Workgroup Serial
Publications) concerns itself with problems and issues related to the
cataloguing aspects of serial publications. We meet 3 times per year.
Subgroups are formed to prepare the ground, and formulate proposals for
discussions on specific topics.

Such a topic is: fotomechanical reprints of serial publications (sp), and how
to catalogue them.

Preliminary proposals are as follows:
When a library acquires part of a sp in fotomech. repr. (to close gaps in its
holding), the bibliographic record is made for the original; an annotation
for the holding lists which of the issues are in fotomech. repr. E.g.:
Holding: Vol. 1 (1951)-... Annotation: Vol. 6 (1956)-vol. 11 (1961):
Fotomechanical repr. New York, N.Y. : Kraus Reprint, 1985
When the fotomech. repr. is of the complete sp, the bibliographic record uses
the titlepage of the repr., with an Edition field: Fotomech. repr.,
Publisher field: <the new publisher and date>, Annotation: Fotomech. repr. of
<original title, original publisher, and original dates of publ.> For the
Number field and Holding field the original numbers are used.
So far there aren't any problems as far as we are concerned.

The problems arise, when part of a sp is published in fotomechanical reprint,
usually with an introduction, historical perspective, or such like.
These are usually sp-volumes which appeared during WWII, published illegally.
The sp itself still exists, and most libraries have current holdings,
although these (rare) war-issues may be missing in most cases.

How are these to be catalogued. Can they be added to the bibliographic record
of the original title? - In which case information concerning the added
essays etc. will be lost?

Should they be catalogued separately? As serial publication? Or as a
monograph? - How should these catalogue entries be linked to that of the sp?

I'd be grateful for suggestions, and information about practices elsewhere in
the world.

Thanks.

Anneke Houtkamp
Vrije Universiteit. Library
Amsterdam
NL
e-mail address: JHM.Houtkamp@ubvu.vu.nl

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