Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:12:33 -0500
From: Lynne Stevens <lstevens@RMWC.EDU>
Subject: New Statesman numbering

I have sent the following message to New Statesman's subscriber services
department.  I'll post their reply when I get it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynne Stevens
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:08 PM
> To:   'sbrasher@newstatesman.co.uk'
> Subject:      New Statesman numbering
>
> Ladies/Gentlemen:
>
> New Statesman enumeration of late has been:
>       Oct 11  no.4458
>       Oct 18  no.4458  (should be 4459)
>       Oct 25  no.4459  (should be 4460)
>       Nov   1  no.4460  (should be 4461).
> Are you going to make Nov 8 no.4462, or will we go on as it is, leaving
> the (confusing) duplication?
> An answer would be appreciated.  Also, I will post your reply to SERIALST,
> a list-serve for library serials folk.  Most of check in on automated
> systems which predict "next issue," so a change in the regular pattern
> becomes problematic.
>
> Lynne N. Stevens
> Serials Coordinator
> Lipscomb Library
> Randolph-Macon Woman's College
> lstevens@rmwc.edu
> 804 947-8133/FAX 804 947-8134
>