Here is something we've noticed, in looking at stats on the CONSER file
(1,064,324 records added and distributed as of Oct. 2005) about 5.5% of
the records contain series statements. We understand that a much larger
number of monograph bib records created by LC contain series statements.

Les

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Antony Robert David Franks wrote:

> Interestingly enough, most of these are also CONSER
> members--continuing evidence of the link between series and serials
> work.
> 
> Anthony
> 
> >>> [log in to unmask] 06/07/06 5:57 PM >>>
> We've been looking at PCC statistics for new series authorities and I 
> thought I'd share my findings with everyone, so that we have a better 
> understanding of what the PCC would be making up for now that LC has ceased creating series authorities.  I've looked at statistics for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, and 7 months of stats available for FY2006.
> 
> FY 2005 (Oct. 1, 2004-Sept. 30, 2005)
> 
> Total New Series Authorities Created: 18,945
> =
> Total LC New Series: 9,056  (48% of total)
> +
> Total PCC New Series: 9,889 (52% of total)
>      DLC Coop Cat Team:   15 (0% of total; 0.2% of PCC)
>      Other PCC:        9,874 (52% of total; 99.8% of PCC)
> 
> Total number of PCC libraries that created new series authorities in FY05: 102
> 
> Largest creators of new series authorities among PCC libraries in FY05:
> 
> Arizona State U (AzTeS)  1347
> Indiana U (InU)           815
> U of Chicago (ICU)        485
> Brigham Young (UPB)       470
> Yale (CtY)                393
> Cornell (NIC)             344
> U of Florida (FU)         316
> Harvard (MH)              314
> Princeton (NjP)           269
> Northwestern (IEN)        262
> Vanderbilt (TNJ)          241
> 
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