Identifying Significant Changes in Serials with Title Changes in the Recognition of New Works
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.57n3.136Abstract
The purpose of the study was to develop a means for identifying significant subject and function changes in serials with title changes and then to recommend ways to recognize new serial works in cataloging. A sample of serials with title changes was used to classify the underlying subject and function changes found into thirty-five subcategories, which were then each assigned a level (high, medium, or low) according to the evidence provided for a new work. The FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) concept of a work and other FRBR guidelines were used in assigning the levels. It was determined that three high-level subject changes and one high-level function change provided the best evidence of significant change in recognizing a new work. Tests were performed to determine whether multiple medium-level changes could also be used to identify new works. A recommendation was made to modify the RDA (Resource Description and Access) rules for major change in the title proper of a serial to require a new access point only when a significant subject or function change has occurred in one of the four high-level subcategories identified in the study.
References
Jean L Hirons, '“Reflections on Seriality, ”' Serials Librarian 43 2 (2002): 13 4; CONSER Cataloging Manual, 2002 ed. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2002–), section 16.2.1, accessed October 19, 2012, http://desktop.loc.govnIFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records,
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report
, amended and corrected through February 2009 (The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, September 1997), 13, accessed October 19, 2012, www.ifla.org/files/cataloguing/frbr/frbr_2008.pdfnRDA:
Resource Description and Access
(Chicago: American Library Association, 2010–), glossary, accessed October 19, 2012, www.rdatoolkit.orgnAnglo-American Cataloguing Rules
, 2nd ed., 2002 rev., 2005 update (Chicago: ALA, 2002–5), rule 21.2C1, accessed October 19, 2012, http://desktop.loc.govnRDA, rules 1.6.2 and 6.1.3.2nMavis B Molto, '“Characteristics of Serial Title Changes and Recognition of New Serial Works: Theoretical and Practical Implications, ”' Serials Review 37 no. 4 (2011): 275-89nIFLA Study Group,
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
, 17nRichard P Smiraglia, '“Further Reflections on the Nature of ‘a Work’: An Introduction, ”' Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 33 no. 3/4 (2002): 1-11nRichard P Smiraglia, '“The History of ‘the Work’ in the Modern Catalog, ”' Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 35 no. 3/4 (2003): 558nSara Shatford Layne, email message, October 31, 1995, quoted in Jean L. Hirons, “Reflections on Seriality, ”
Serials Librarian
, no. 2 (2002): 134; Kristin Antelman, “Identifying the Serial Work as a Bibliographic Entity, ”
Library Resources & Technical Services
, no. 4(Oct. 2004): 239nAntelman, “Identifying the Serial Work as a Bibliographic Entity, ” 238–44nMartha M. Yee, “What Is a Work?” in
The Principles and Future of AACR
:
Proceedings of the International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR
, ed. Jean Weihs, 82–83 (Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1998)nYee, “What Is a Work?” 83nJudith A. Kuhagen, “Modeling Continuing Resources in FRBR [and more]” (PowerPoint presentation, FRBR Workshop—OCLC, May 2, 2005), slides 12–13, accessed October 19, 2012, www.oclc.org/research/events/frbr-workshop/presentations/kuhagen/Kuhagen_OCLC_FRBR.pptnKatherine Adams and Britta Santamauro (Kurt Blythe, recorder), “Successive Entry, Latest Entry, or None of the Above? How the MARC21 Format, FRBR and the Concept of a Work Could Revitalize Serials Management, ”
Serials Librarian
, no. 3/4 (2008): 193–97nFrieda Rosenberg and Diane Hillman, “An Approach to Serials with FRBR in Mind: CONSER Task Force on Universal Holdings, ” 2004, accessed October 19, 2012, www.lib.uncnAdams and Santamauro, “Successive Entry, Latest Entry, or None of the Above?” 197nHirons, “Reflections on Seriality, ” 130–31nEd Jones, “The FRBR Model as Applied to Continuing Resources, ”
Library Resources & Technical Services
, no. 4 (Oct. 2005): 232nDiane Boehr, Regina Romano Reynolds, and Tina Shrader, “The U.S. RDA Test Process, ”
Serials Librarian
, no. 1/4 (2012): 136nSue C. Lim, “Successive Entry Serials Cataloging: An Evaluation, ”
Serials Librarian
, no. 1/2 (1988): 64nCrystal Graham, “What’s Wrong with AACR2: A Serials Perspective, ” in
The Future of the Descriptive Cataloging Rules
, ed. Brian E. C. Schottlaender, 76–77 (Chicago: ALA, 1998); Jean L. Hirons and Crystal Graham, “Issues Related to Seriality, ” in
The Principles and Future of AACR
:
Proceedings of the International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR
, ed. Jean Weihs, 204 (Chicago: ALA, 1998)nMary Curran, introduction to “Mission Accomplished? A Symposium on Latest vs. Successive Entry, ” ed. Mary Curran,
Serials Librarian
, no. 1/2 (2007): 55–56nMolto, “Characteristics of Serial Title Changes and Recognition of New Serial Works, ” 275–89nAdams and Santamauro, “Successive Entry, Latest Entry, or None of the Above?” 197nRDA
, glossarynIbidnIFLA Study Group,
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
, 13, 17nIbid., 18nRDA
, rule 6.1.3.2.2 and rule 2.3.2.13n
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) after it has been accepted for publication. Sharing can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
