From: "Diane Lewis" <DILEWIS@IGSRGLIB01.ER.USGS.GOV>:

Howard L Pitts <hpitts@INFOAVE.NET> wrote:
>>I am interested in hearing which procedures other libraries follow regarding
>>serial records for almanacs, yearbooks for sports, travel guides, etc. ...

> We set up everything even remotely serial in nature in the serials
> module of our automated system.  Not only does it save cataloging time,
> but it gets the issue processed and into the system quickly (we classify
> serials and shelve them with the rest of the collection).  We also
> use check-in dates to determine where in the library a particular
> serial issue might be.
>
> Claiming or determining that a particular year of an annual or
> yearbook has not been received is certainly more difficult without
> a serial record.  I guess what I'm saying is that pragmatism, rather
> than political correctness, is our guide in adding a record to the
> serials corral.

We do the same thing here at Faulkner University.  We pretty much treat
anything with an ISSN as a serial and catalog it as such.  Our reference
sets that run as series are cataloged with a series record and then the
spine label on each volume reflects the call number for the set and the
volume number for that particular volume.  Hope this helps.

 Dena Lahue <dlahue@FAULKNER.EDU>