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==Definition of a Serial==
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==Definition of a serial==


''"A continuing resource issued in a succession of discrete parts, usually bearing numbering, that has no predetermined conclusion. Examples of serials include journals, magazines, electronic journals, continuing directories, annual reports, newspapers, and monographic series."''—AACR2R, 2005 update, Glossary.
"A mode of issuance of a manifestation issued in successive parts, usually bearing numbering, that has no predetermined conclusion. A serial includes a periodical, monographic series, newspaper, etc. Reproductions of serials and resources that exhibit characteristics of serials, such as successive issues, numbering, and frequency, but whose duration is limited, such as newsletters of events, are also included."<ref name="rdaserial>[http://access.rdatoolkit.org/rdagloss_rdaregistry.info-termList-ModeIssue-1003_1.html RDA Glossary (serial)]</ref>


==What publications qualify as serials?==
==Cataloging serials==
In general, for titles that fit the definition of a '''serial''', use a serial record if it has been assigned an ISSN and/or there is a CONSER-authenticated record available. CONSER-authenticated records may be recognized by the presence of an LCCN and an 042 field containing "lc", "lcd", or "msc".  Note the absence of these criteria does not necessarily mean a monograph record should be used. ("CONSER" is the Cooperative Online Serials Program, a component of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, or PCC.)


For CCS catalogers' purposes a bibliographic entity may be treated as a serial when one or both of the following conditions are met:
If individual issues of a serial require [[contents notes]] or different access points, or if the serial is issued in discrete multivolume sets, generally use monograph records.


# It has an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), with occasional exceptions, whether it can be found on the item or not.  If it is not on the item itself, the ISSN can be found in other sources (e.g., Ulrich's, Gale, or OCLC.) However, an ISSN is not required to catalog an item as a serial.
Libraries that use MARC holdings records to convey standing order information should generally use serial records.
# A volume number or date (such as a year) is used to differentiate publications.


If it falls into one of the following categories it may be treated as a serial:
Before 2010 CCS considered the content of the work when deciding whether to use a serial record. 


:* travel guides<ref name="catmin200204">[http://www.ccs.nsls.lib.il.us/ccs/minutes/cat/2002/cat0402.html Catalogers' minutes, April 2002. ''"A question was raised about whether a serial record should be created for a travel guide when only monograph records were available. Roger's response was: No."''</ref>
There must only be one treatment in the database for totally identical material.<ref name="scrapmin200703">SCRAP meeting, February/March 2007</ref><ref name="catmin200706">Catalogers meeting, June 2007</ref> If such "duplicate" records have been created, please choose the format that is appropriate (serial or monograph) and merge or split the records accordingly.
:* price guides
:* directories
:* directories of schools, colleges, universities
:** business directories
:** campgrounds and trailer park directories
:** bed & breakfasts, hotels, etc.


Serial titles new to the CCS database which are collections of short stories, plays, literary collections, fairy tales, songs, Supreme Court cases and biographies should be entered as monographs with contents notes. Refer to the section on [[contents notes]].
Bibliographic records for magazines and newspapers should have a type of material / format of Periodical or Newspaper. In order for this to display properly in Polaris, add an 006 field for serial. 006 position 00 needs to be s. The other positions need to be "No attempt to code." Code the 008 field, position 21 as "n" for newspaper or "p" for periodical.


Note that the above definitions do not mention frequency; it is not necessarily a criterion of a serial. An important phrase in the definition is "has no predetermined conclusion."  A multi-part item (a monograph complete or intended to be complete in a finite number of separate parts) is not a serial.
==External links==
 
When choosing a bibliographic record from OCLC do not alter a monographic record to be a serial or vice versa. If a monographic record but no serial record exists in OCLC, create a new serial record in OCLC.
 
Publications that generally are not treated as serials:
:* Publications that lack a numeric or chronological designation
:* Publications revised on an irregular or infrequent basis (textbooks, dictionaries, handbooks, encyclopedias, manuals)
:* Multivolume monographs
:* Publications of limited duration
:* Censuses
:* Supplements to monographs
:* Loose-leaf publications to which new or replacement pages are periodically added ''(material in this category is instead treated as integrating resources)''
 
There must only be one treatment in the database for totally identical material—either all on one serial record or all split up on multiple monographic records, but not both at once.<ref name="scrapmin200703">[http://www.ccs.nsls.lib.il.us/ccs/minutes/scrap/2007/2007-02-03.PDF SCRAP minutes, February/March 2007]</ref><ref name="catmin200706">[http://www.ccs.nsls.lib.il.us/ccs/minutes/cat/2007/catmin070411.PDF Catalogers' minutes, June 2007]</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 14 February 2022

Definition of a serial

"A mode of issuance of a manifestation issued in successive parts, usually bearing numbering, that has no predetermined conclusion. A serial includes a periodical, monographic series, newspaper, etc. Reproductions of serials and resources that exhibit characteristics of serials, such as successive issues, numbering, and frequency, but whose duration is limited, such as newsletters of events, are also included."[1]

Cataloging serials

In general, for titles that fit the definition of a serial, use a serial record if it has been assigned an ISSN and/or there is a CONSER-authenticated record available. CONSER-authenticated records may be recognized by the presence of an LCCN and an 042 field containing "lc", "lcd", or "msc". Note the absence of these criteria does not necessarily mean a monograph record should be used. ("CONSER" is the Cooperative Online Serials Program, a component of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, or PCC.)

If individual issues of a serial require contents notes or different access points, or if the serial is issued in discrete multivolume sets, generally use monograph records.

Libraries that use MARC holdings records to convey standing order information should generally use serial records.

Before 2010 CCS considered the content of the work when deciding whether to use a serial record.

There must only be one treatment in the database for totally identical material.[2][3] If such "duplicate" records have been created, please choose the format that is appropriate (serial or monograph) and merge or split the records accordingly.

Bibliographic records for magazines and newspapers should have a type of material / format of Periodical or Newspaper. In order for this to display properly in Polaris, add an 006 field for serial. 006 position 00 needs to be s. The other positions need to be "No attempt to code." Code the 008 field, position 21 as "n" for newspaper or "p" for periodical.

External links

  1. RDA Glossary (serial)
  2. SCRAP meeting, February/March 2007
  3. Catalogers meeting, June 2007