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This isn't the first time rules have changed. Having a good grasp of the evolution of the rules and the MARC format is an important component of a cataloger's or catalog manager's working knowledge. Students should learn both the 440 method and the 490/8XX method, and why the change was made, just as they should learn about the earlier redefinition of 246/740, and the changes before that to the rules for corporate body main entry. As long as we have legacy data, tech services professionals will need understand the history of our rules as well as what is currently correct. Stephen Suzanne Stauffer wrote: > I'm teaching the current use of 440 and 490/830. I have not seen any official statement that the proposed change has been instituted, and the MARC website has not been changed. I'm also not clear on what the indicators would be and whether a 490 is required if the series is traced as given on the item; it appears to be optional, but the wording of the proposal is vague and ambiguous. > > It's difficult enough to understand one concept at a time; I don't want to confuse them by teaching competing methods for handling the same concept, particularly when one of them has not yet been finalized or released. > > I'll save the proposed method for advanced cataloging. > > Suzanne M. Stauffer, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > School of Library and Information Science > Louisiana State University > 275 Coates Hall > Baton Rouge, LA 70803 > (225)578-1461 > Fax: (225)578-4581 > [log in to unmask] > > ________________________________ > > From: Discussion List for issues related to cataloging & metadata education & training on behalf of Kamoji, Linda J > Sent: Mon 9/29/2008 6:51 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [eduCAT] How are you teaching series? > > > > Hi. How are you dealing with teaching the series MARC fields for monographs? > > Teaching the proposed abandonment of 440 and using 490 1 and 8XX only? > > Teaching both the old (440) and the new ways? > > Something else? > > Thanks for any input. > > Linda Kamoji > Indiana University Libraries > Cataloging manager and Adjunct Lecturer > -- Stephen Hearn Authority Control Coordinator/Head, Database Management Section Technical Services, University Libraries, University of Minnesota 160 Wilson Library 309 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Ph: 612-625-2328 / Fax: 612-625-3428