Major/Minor Changes in Serials

 

Updated: 3/24/2005

 

Contents

Major changes

     Main entry/Uniform title

     Title proper

     Format

     Edition Statement

     Mergers/Splits

Minor changes

     Uniform titles

     Title proper

     Numbering

     Type of resource

 

“New” sections Implemented by LC/CONSER Dec. 1, 2002; accept all LC/CONSER practice for titles created/updated in OCLC prior to this date.

 

New thinking: changes indicating a new work should result in a new record; anything that implies a new work—change of subject matter or scope, etc.

 

Printable version of this document available here.

 

Maroon text indicates a link to examples.

 

Record maintenance: most types of changes listed here, major or minor, will need intervention in the catalog/acquisition record.

 

Major Changes (i.e., new record created)

 

Main Entry/Uniform Title:

 

1)     The name of a corporate body changes, or a different body becomes responsible, when used: 

a)     as the main entry (110);

b)    in the uniform title (130)

 

2)    Change in the uniform title of a translation/language edition (130/240) [i.e., the title of the original edition changes].

 

 

Title Proper (AACR2 21.2A1):

 

1)     Any of the first five words of the title (minus initial article) are deleted, changed, or reordered, or when new words are added to the title, unless the change is among the minor change exceptions (see Minor Changes … below).

2)     Words are added, dropped, or changed anywhere in the title that change the meaning of the title or indicate a different subject matter.

3)     Whenever the name of a corporate body, recorded as part of the title, changes significantly so that a new heading is needed.

4)     The entire title changes from full form to acronym/initialism (or vice versa). New: if the acronym/initialism appears in the same chief source of information as the full form of the title, the full form is always used as the title proper (as of Dec. 1, 2002)

5)     Personal name that is not also the publisher is dropped or added to the title.

 

Format: Change from one format to another (print to online or CD-ROM)

 

Edition Statement (New):

 

A major change in edition statement that pertains to the entire serial (not the designation) and indicates a change in subject matter or physical format requires a new record.

 

Mergers & Splits: Whenever a title incorporates one or more titles, two or more titles merge to form a single title, or a single title splits into two or more titles, various new records need to be used/created.

 

Minor changes (i.e., exceptions; no new record is created)

 

Multiple minor changes in the title do not equal a major change (LCRI 21.2A)

 

Editing caveat: Even though no new record is created when a minor change occurs in a serial title, the current serial MARC record will often have to be adjusted, normally by adding 246 variant title access.

 

Uniform Title: Changes to qualifiers other than corporate body (place, frequency, etc.).

 

Title Proper (AACR2 21.2A2):

 

1)     New: Corporate body in title:

a.     Name of the same corporate body is added or deleted anywhere in the title.

b.     Representation of the same name is changed (e.g., from full form to acronym, in the fullness of the hierarchy presented, variant form [not a change in name] used).

 

2)     New: words are added or deleted from a list (LCRI states a list is 3 or more terms), or the order of the words in the list is changed, as long as there is no significant change to the subject matter.

3)     New: words indicating type of resource are rearranged, added or dropped anywhere in the title [does not include words indicating frequency such as “monthly” or “annual”; does not include the word changing from one type of resource to another].

4)     New: a part of the title switches from an acronym or initialism to the full form (or vice versa).

5)     Article, preposition or conjunction is added, deleted, or changes anywhere in the title.

6)     Change of punctuation.

7)     Change in the representation of a word or words.

8)     Words linking the title to the designation are added, deleted or changed.

9)     Words in the title that are issue specific.

10)  Order of titles changes when the title is given in more than one language.

11)  Personal name is added or dropped from the title that is part of the publishing statement of both preceding and succeeding titles.

12)  [CONSER: when the order of the same two or more corporate bodies changes].

13)  Fluctuating and titles of short duration (normally, these can only be determined in retrospect).

a.     Fluctuating titles. (title changes back and forth on a regular basis)

b.     Titles of short duration (1 or 2 issues before changing back to original title).

 

Numbering: New. Any change in numbering.

 

Type of Resource:

 

When a serial changes from a newspaper to a regular serial (or vice versa) or from a non-analyzable serial to a monographic series.

 

 

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Examples

 

Major changes (Examples indicate changes that require new records)

 

Main entry:

 

 

1), a)

 

110 20 Connecticut Public Transportation Authority.

245 10 Annual report and recommendations. →

 

110 20 Connecticut Public Transportation Commission.

245 10 Annual report and recommendations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1), b)

 

130 0  Bulletin (Colorado State University. Animal Reproduction Laboratory) →

130 0  Bulletin (Colorado State University. Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)

 

Records for a Spanish translation of an English serial title: the original English title has changed from Annual report to In review, and even though the title of the Spanish edition did not change, a new record is created:

 

 110 2   Inter-American Foundation.

 240 10 Annual report. $l Spanish

 245 00 Anuario / $c Fundación Interamericana.

 

 →

 

 110 2   Inter-American Foundation.

 240 10 In review. $l Spanish

 245 00 Anuario / $c Fundación Interamericana.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title proper:

 

1)

 

News notes → Upstream journal

Toxicity assessment → Environmental toxicology and water quality

Philosophy research archives → Journal of philosophical research

The mining review → Mining and industry review

Chemical engineering and mining review → Mining & chemical engineering review

Atlantic monthly→Atlantic→Atlantic monthly

Informe anual → Memoria anual

ACE newsletter → ACE journal

SFRA review → SFRA newsletter

 

110 2  Colorado State Hospital.

245 1  Biennial report of the Superintendent

→

110 2  Colorado State Hospital.

245 1  Annual report of the Superintendent [change of frequency statement in title]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)

 

The Best bed & breakfast in the world → The Best bed & breakfast in England, Scotland,

& Wales.

 

World meetings. $p Social & behavioral sciences, education & management → World meetings. $p Social & behavioral sciences, human services & management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)

 

Reports of the Institute of High Speed Mechanics, Tohoku University → Reports of the

Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)

 

Journal of applied mechanics → JAM

Nachrichten für Dokumentation → NFD

TLC → Times literary supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)

 

Europe through the back door [pub. by John Muir Publications] → Rick Steve’s Europe

through the back door [pub. by John Muir Publications]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major Change in Edition Statement

 

250      North American ed. →

250         North and Central American ed.

[previously, new records were created only when a serial split into two or more different editions]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merger

 

Film review

Journal of cinema

→

Journal of cinema and film review

 

Cinema city

Hollywood magazine

→

Hollywood magazine [editorial: as of issue ##, Hollywood magazine incorporates Cinema city]

 

Split

 

American journal of medical genetics ­

→

American journal of medical genetics. Part A

American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics

American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics

 

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Minor Changes (Examples indicate changes NOT requiring new records)

 

1), a)

 

Docket sheet → Docket sheet of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Anais ... do CNI → Anais.

London → Bantam's London

Variety’s on production → On production [pub. By Variety, Inc.]

ONS newsletter → Newsletter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1),b)

 

Report of the Joint Committee on Printing → JCP report

Amalgamated Engineering Union monthly → AEU monthly

Annual report of the Department of Forestry → Department of Forestry annual report → Forestry Department annual report

Newsletter of the Association of Gravestone Studies → AGS newsletter

Annual report of the State Department of Health of Alabama → Annual report of Alabama State

Department of Health

Employee reporting in the Republic of South Africa → Employee reporting in South Africa

 

Biennal report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for ... → Biennial report of the State Department of Education [the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is a variant form of the Dept. of Education]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)

 

Quarterly returns of trade for the ports of Jenchuan, Chinnampo, Kunsan, Mokpo, Fusan,

Masampo, Wonsan, and Songchin →

Quarterly returns of trade for the ports of Chemulpo, Chinnampo, Kunsan, Mokpo, Fusan,

Masampo, Wonsan, and Songchin  [Jenchuan dropped, Chemulpo added]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)

 

Sidney newsletter & journal → Sidney journal

Outlook magazine → Outlook → Outlook magazine

Oregon history → Oregon history magazine

Active projects → Active projects report

Chemistry & industry review → Chemistry & industry

Gifted child today → Gifted child today magazine

Organic chemistry review → Review of organic chemistry

Boletín música → Música

 

[Major change: change of frequency statements]

  Atlantic monthly → Atlantic → Atlantic monthly

  Memoria → Memoria anual 

 

[Major change: change of term for types of resource]

   Informe anual → Memoria anual

   ACE newsletter → ACE journal

   SFRA review → SFRA newsletter

   Memoria anual de labores→ Informe annual de labores

             

[Minor followed by major change]

   HRAF → [Minor change] HRAF bulletin → [Major change] HRAF review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)

 

Access. NYC → Access. New York City

Los Angeles Woman → LA woman

 

But not: [entire title changes from full form to acronym or vise versa]

             Communication world → CW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)

 

Annual report of pipeline safety → Annual report on pipeline safety

Roster, licensed architects → Roster of licensed architects

Papers on presidential transitions and foreign policy → Papers on presidential transitions in foreign policy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6)

 

GBB → G.B.B.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7)

 

Accommodations and travel services → Accommodations & travel services.

Openhouse → Open house.

Alumni directory → Alumni/ae directory

Alberta's reserves of gas → Alberta reserves of gas.

Africa news watch → African news watch

Yearbook → Year book → Year-book

Savings & loan industry trends → S & L industry trends

Television monthly → TV monthly

Ga. peach statistics → Georgia peach statistics

Saint Paul reporter → St. Paul reporter

Directory of licensed yacht and shipbrokers and salesmen → Directory of licensed yacht and shipbrokers and salespersons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8)

 

Tin → Tin in ...

OSMRE annual report → OSMRE annual report for the fiscal year ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9)

 

110 2   University of Manitoba. $b Center for Settlement Studies.

245 10 Annual report.

246 1   $i Issue for 1977 called: $a Final report

 

110 2   Marietta College.

245 10 Alumni directory.

246 1   $i Issue for 1989 called: $a Centennial alumni directory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10)

 

South African medical journal = Suid Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde → Suid Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde = South African medical journal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11)

 

Germany [pub. by Fodor’s Travel Publications] → Fodor’s Germany [pub. by Fodor’s

Travel Publications]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12)

 

Annual report of the Industrial Commission of Ohio and the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. →

Annual report of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and Industrial Commission of Ohio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13), a)

 

110 1   Costa Rica. $b Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes.

245 10 Informe anual / ...

246 1   $i Some issues have title: $a Memoria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13), b)

 

110 1   San Luis Potosí (Mexico : State). $b Comisión Estatal de Derechos Humanos.

245 10 Informe anual de actividades / $c Comisión Estatal de Derechos Humanos.

246 1   $i Issue for 1999 has title: $a Informe de actividades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numbering

 

New instruction: when the numbering repeats the same system of numbering without distinguishing terms, supply “[new ser.]” or another appropriate term.

 

362 0   No. 1-no. 6 ; [new ser.], no. 1-

362 0   Vol. 1, no.1 (Jan. 1982)-v. 19, no. 12 (Dec. 2001) ; [new ser.], v. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 2002)-

362 0   No. 1-no. 6 ; [2nd ser.], no. 1- ; -3rd ser., no. 104 ; 4th ser., no. 1-

 

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Updated 3/24/2005