At 08:39 AM 10/25/2002, Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
>On 24 Oct 02, at 22:20, J. McRee Elrod wrote:
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> >
> > We would be more in favour of abolishing 490 1 and 830, noting any
> > *major* difference in a quoted 500. There is after all a reference from
> > variant forms in the series authority record.
> >
>Though not all systems have access to the authority record.
>830 plus an optional note would work just as well. (Yes, display setups
>may have to be fixed for it.)
>Abolishing the 440 and 490 would free the entire 4XX block of MARC21!
>(The logic of 440<->490/830 was always apt to make eyes bug out...)
No, no, that will not do at all. The whole point is that *because* the 440
(along with the 800-830) is under authority control, and is thus subject to
automatic changes, the series statement *must* be transcribed somewhere in
the record. (And since 490 has always been for transcribed forms, let's
keep it.)
Let's say that someone is cataloging a book right now. They are going to
be tracing the series exactly as it appears on the piece, so they put that
series statement into 830. And because there is no difference at all (let
along a "major" difference) they do not input a 500. Then let's say later
down the line, for some reason, a global change is made to the series
heading. Voila--there is now a difference between what's on the piece and
what's in the 830, but there is *absolutely nothing* in the record
indicating that fact!
The lack of a series statement *transcription* in a bibliographic record
makes that record absolutely useless as a surrogate in solving series
problems. Take it from me, I've been there many times.
Kevin M. Randall
Head of Serials Cataloging
Northwestern University Library
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