Anneke:

  This is the problem of MULTIPLE VERSIONS again.  ALA has published the
Guidelines for the Bibliographic Description of Reproductions, which
describes how to deal with situations, including this one.

  Unfortunately, this is NOT a standard, and technically, goes against
the basic rule of AACR2, which basically says that you catalog from the
piece in hand, not create a record for the original based on a
reproduction. So, if you want to follow AACR2, you must create a separate
bibliographic record for the reproducltion.

  If you want to follow a commonly accepted practice (which does NOT
follow AACR2): you can use one bibliographic record and then add a note
indicating which issues are a reproduction and any other volume-specific
information.

  The problem with having different versions combined into one
bibliographic record is when the record is shared across one (or more)
national (or international) database(s).  If it is only in your online
catalog, you may decide that it would better serve your patrons to have
all the information in one record.

  Just my opinion.

-- Mitch
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On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Anneke Houtkamp wrote:

> 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