==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE================== <If someone else wants to do a series record, they can do that.> I heartily agree. Our patrons (and I think many other public library patrons) think of such series-like phrases as series. We do establish a number of SARs for this type of "phrase" because it allows our patrons yet another access point in addition to character headings. The next generation online catalogs (of which we have one) highlight series as a way to refine a search. As more and more libraries upgrade to these "discovery" types of online catalogs series records, no matter what the type, will be appreciated by the users. Rosemary Groenwald Head of Technical Services Mount Prospect Public Library 10 S. Emerson St. Mount Prospect, IL 60056 847-590-3650 "Opinions expressed are those of the sender and not the Mount Prospect Public Library." ________________________________________ From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam L. Schiff [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 1:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] series with character names No reason you are required to make a series record or provide the series as an access point. Just record it as an untraced series and be done with it. If someone else wants to do a series record, they can do that. 490 0 An Hercule Poirot mystery ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8409 (206) 685-8782 fax [log in to unmask] http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Thu, wrote: > > Is there a rule regarding phrases like > > > > An Hercule Poirot mystery > > > > It seems like a lot of work to make series records for not a lot of return, especially when there are character > headings available. > > > > > > -- > > John Lavalie > > IAhCCS > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Opinions expressed are those of the sender and not of the Mount Prospect Public Library ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE===================