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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 09:44:10 -0600
From: Maija Cravens <mscravens@MAIL.SHSW.WISC.EDU>
Subject: Newspaper with double numbering

Hi everybody,

I'm cataloging a newspaper "Reedsburg report times-press" which was formed
by the union of "Reedsburg report" and "Reedsburg times-press". The paper
is published twice a week.  The issue published on Thursdays continues the
numbering of the Report while the issue published on Saturdays continues
the numbering of the Times-press.

The CONSER Manual has an example of a case pretty much like this one in
Module 33.8.4. where alternative numbering occurs after a merger:

245 00  Gazette and courier.
362 0    Gazette vol. 49, no. 2579 (July 20, 1841)-June 24, 1932 = Courier v. 4, no. 16-v. 93, no. 1.

So, following this example, my 362 0   would look like this:

Reedburg report vol. 4, no. 45 (Nov. 11, 1999)- = Reedsburg times-press v.
139, no. 46-

However, when I checked the title "Gazette and courier" in OCLC
(#9771321), the alternative numbering had been moved to a 515 field:
Issues for July 20, 1841-June 24, 1932 also called Courier new ser. v. 4,
no. 16-v. 93, no. 1.

My question is: What should I do about the double numbering system; put it
in 362 like the example in the CONSER Manual, or field 515 like the OCLC
record?

Thanks for your help,

___________________________________

Maija Cravens
Head of Cataloging
State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608)264-6522  Fax: (608)264-6520
mscravens@mail.shsw.wisc.edu