--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:39:21 -0500 From: Gayle Porter <[log in to unmask]> Subject: New edition/version vs. reprint 1.additional titles 2. Same year, diff. month Sender: Gayle Porter <[log in to unmask]> > Hello, map colleagues, > I have 2 questions about 2 separate situations in map cataloging (which I > do occasionally): The issue is whether or not the differences described below warrant new records... > 1. New edition/version vs. reprint:additional titles > > I'm cataloging blueprint maps of local townships, and some include > earlier/later issues, all in the same year. Some of the uncataloged maps, > i.e., later issues, differ from the earlier issues *only* in by having > additional titles; all other information is the same. To me, the sole > difference of the additional title doesn't seem significant enough to make > a new record. Am I right? > > 2. New edition/version vs. reprint:Same year, diff. month > > I'm cataloging a book with 2 accompanying maps; all three are entitled: > Ecological subsections of southeast Alaska and neighboring areas of > Canada. The book authors are Gregory Nowacki ... [et al.]. There are > separate catalog records for the map and the book, but because the titles > for both are the same, a local decision was made to avoid using the map > record but keep the book record and treat the 2 maps as accompanying items > to it, i.e, use one record so that patrons wouldn't be confused. The > problem is that the maps were issued in different months during 2001. They > have the same information; the only other differences are: font size and > type in the author area on one map; the map title (on the other map) was > repeated in the upper righthand corner. Again, I don't think these > differences are significant enough to make a new record. Am I right to > treat them as copies? If so, should I make a 500 note in the bib record > describing the month differences? > > Thanks. > > Gayle Porter > Catalog Librarian > Purdue University Libraries > 1530 Stewart Center, Room 364 > West Lafayette, IN 47907-1534 > Phone: 765-494-3103 Fax: 765-494-0156 > [log in to unmask] > --- End Forwarded Message ---