The title under consideration is *Canadian patent reporter*.

This title is publised twenty-five times a year, with bound cumulations
every three or four issues. Publication began in 1941; our library has
the bound cumulative volumes since 1963.

After viewing CONSER and LCRI, it seems that the most logical course of
action is to catalog the main serial and the cumulation on the same
record, as they have the same title and the volume and series numbering
of the paper issues is continued on the cumulations.

The question: *What* do I use as the basis for the bibliographic
description, the earliest bound cumulation available (1963), or the
earliest paper issue (1994 issue that someone forgot to discard)? Or can
I use both? And if so, how can I note that on the record? Both contain
valuable information. On the one hand, the record seems to be describing
the *paper* issues as the main serial; on the other hand, shouldn't the
earliest available source be used?

Thank you in advance for your help.

--Rich.V.

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