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Subject: Sitzungsberichte und Anzeiger
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 12:14:52 -0500
From: "Alice J. Rhoades" <alicer@sparta.rice.edu>

We have a subscription to: Sitzungsberichte und Anzeiger. Abteilung I,
Biologische Wissenschaften und Erwissenschaften (issn 0723-791X).  This
was
formed by a merger, and is numbered with a duplicate numbering scheme,
continuing the numbering for each of the previously individual titles.

The issue numbered:  Band 203, 1996 (Sitzungsberichte I), Band 133, 1996
(Anzeiger I) was published in a combined issue with another title:
Sitzungsberichte und Anzeiger. Abteilung II, Mathematische und
technische
Wissenschaften (issn 0723-9319): Band 205 (1996), Band 133 (1996).

At first this looked like a possible merger, but then the issue: Band
204
(1997)/Band 134 (1997) came out separately as Abteilung I again.  *Then*
Band 205 (1998) [just the Sitzungsberichte I section this time] came out
bound with the Abteilung II 1998 issues.  The combined issues still list
both parts' issn  numbers separately on the back cover.

I can't find anything indicating if this is going to be some sort of
pattern, if this is a strange merger, or if these two combined issues
were
special occurrances.  Does anyone know anything about this title and its
numering irregularities?

Alice J. Rhoades
Serials Catalog Librarian
Fondren Library MS44
Rice University
P.O. 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892

phone:  (713) 527-8101 ext 2571
fax:    (713) 737-5862
email:  alicer@rice.edu