At 02:17 AM 12/13/2007, Adam L. Schiff wrote:
>ISSN/ISBN: The recording of ISSNs associated with series is a descriptive
>element called for in AACR2, not an access element. If ISSN is recorded
>in an AACR2-compliant record, it is because the ISSN appears on the
>resource being described and the rule 1.6 says to transcribe it as part of
>the series statement.
I wonder why it has apparently become standard practice in some libraries
(at witnessed on OCLC records) to ALWAYS include the series ISSN in the 440
field, even when it doesn't appear on the piece...
Kevin M. Randall
Principal Serials Cataloger
Bibliographic Services Dept.
Northwestern University Library
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Evanston, IL 60208-2300
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