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OBERLIN LCRI CUMULATED 12-7
rev. 12-10
Modifying Pre-December 2002 Records for Updating Loose-leafs
LC practice:
The extent to which modifications due to changes should be made in records
for updating loose-leafs created before LC’s implementation of the 2002 Revision of AACR2
on Dec. 1, 2002, depends upon LC’s decision on filing updates into those bibliographic
resources.
If LC doesn’t file updates and if the main entry and/or title proper changes
on a current iteration, change the description and give a note and added entry for the
earlier main entry and/or title proper. This modification of the bibliographic record is
necessary to ensure identification of the resource in the future. If other data elements
change, do not modify the bibliographic record.
If LC does file updates, change the description to reflect the latest
iteration according to the rules in chapter 12. Give notes and added entries for changes
if considered important. Insure that all name and series headings are in AACR2 form and
are represented by authority records. Change the record as appropriate to follow current
MARC 21 practice.
12.0A:CSB97
Scope
LC/PCC practice: See LCRI 1.0.
12.0B1:CSB97
Basis of the description
First Issue
The basis for the description is the first issue of the serial. In
determining which issue is first, disregard the date of publication, etc., and use the
designation on the issues. For serials that carry numeric or alphabetic designations,
the first issue is the one with the lowest or earliest (in the alphabet) designation.
For serials that do not carry numeric or alphabetic designations, the first issue is the
one with the earliest chronological designation. (If the actual first issue is not
available, use these same guidelines to determine which issue should be used as the basis
for the description.)
Serials may be issued with terms such as "premier," "sample," or "preview."
The term "premier" generally implies the first true issue. Do not, however, base the
description on an issue that bears only wording such as "Sample," "Preview," or
"Introductory issue." Such wording generally indicates that the publisher is testing the
potential audience for the serial and it is possible that the serial may never be
published. Such issues generally do not have numbering. An issue that bears numbering
that precedes "1," such as "Vol. 1, no. 0," "No. 0," or "Vol. 0," may be treated as the
first issue, provided that there is clear evidence that the issue is not merely serving
as a sample or introductory issue.
LC practice: The National Serials Data Program (NSDP) creates records for
sample issues in order to assign the ISSN. If LC later catalogs the serial, the
description is based on the first "true" issue and a note is given to explain the sample
issue.