SCILS

South Carolina Information and Library Services Consortium

 

 

SCILS Serials Policy

Approved 4/30/2009

 

 Cataloging and Bibliographic Standards for Serials

General overview

Print serials are publications issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinitely. Serials include periodicals; newspapers; annuals (reports, yearbooks, etc.); the journals, memoirs, proceedings and transactions of societies; and numbered monographic series. Published items containing collections of works are not serials.

MARC record for original serials must have, as a minimum: (this is not the complete list of MARC fields only ones to do with serials)

 

Mandatory Fixed MARC Fields (007 fields)

 

 

Note:  Serials are based on the first issued copy.  Major changes (mainly title change) need a new serial record.  Minor changes such as changes in editor, publication place, may be noted, but do not necessitate a new record.

 

(For a complete description of each MARC field,  please see OCLC Bibliographic Standards (http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/)

 

Mandatory Variable MARC Fields

022 -  ISSN   if known—usually included in publication information on contents page or at the back of the journal.

 

130     In addition to using field 130 for uniform titles used to collocate records, use field 130 in AACR2 cataloging for serials uniform titles to differentiate items published under an identical title proper. The uniform title consists of the title proper followed by a qualifier enclosed in parentheses. The qualifier is usually the place of publication, distribution or name of the issuing body.

 

Example:

 

130     State (Columbia, S.C.)

 

This is used to easily identify The State published in Columbia, S.C. from other newspapers named The State.  Not all serials records will have a 130.

 

245 -   Title: include the indicator number for title beginning with a, an, the

 

Example:

 

245  04           The New York times

 

The 04 indicators tells the computer to skip 4 spaces (3 for the and 1 for space) to read title starting with “New.”

 

 

260 -   City, and state of publication, publisher, year of first publication

 

260     Columbia, S.C. :|bState Pub. Co.,|c1891-

 

3XX –  Note that most serials records do not give page numbers since page numbers may vary from volume to volume or issue to issue.  Instead, v. (abbreviation for volume) is used.  However, illustrations and size are noted since these tend to stay the same.

 

300     v. :|bill. ;|c60 cm

 

310     Frequency of publication. Indicates how often the serial is published:

 

310     00        Daily

 

362     Beginning volume and issue, date

 

362     Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 18, 1891)-

 

For serials, field 362 contains beginning and/or ending alphabetic, numeric and/or chronological designations of the issues or parts. Chronological designations used in this field are dates that identify individual issues of a serial. In general, publication dates are input in field 260. Do not use this field for incomplete serial dates. Record uncertain dates/numbers in an unformatted note followed by a question mark.

 

856 -    Electronic    for electronic location and access for electronic serials

When should you use a serials record instead of a monographic record?

All magazines and journals you subscribe to on a continuing basis will be cataloged with a serials record.  The only exception would be if you had a special issue or only had one issue of the magazine/journal and will not be receiving other subscriptions.

For books, use serial records if you receive regular updates of a title.  Examples would be yearbooks, annuals, yearly almanacs, etc., such as Mental Statistics (now in its 17th ed.)

Abbreviations/Captions use in serials bibliographic records (ONLY for Bibliographic/ Cataloging MARC fields and not for holding notes on serial controls):

Commonly used captions.

V. for volume (not vol. or vols.)

new ser. for new series

no.for numbers (not nos.)

ser. for series

 

Do not leave a space between the caption and the numbering:

For example V.1 [not V. 1]

           

Convert numeric information to Arabic numbers:

V. VII becomes v.7

First ed. becomes 1st ed.

No.Five becomes no.5

 

 Record alphabetic data as they appear on the publication, including exact upper and lower case form:

                                   

Examples:  23a, no.36a, v.b

             

Use abbreviated form of captions in the vernacular. Convert to Romanized form if necessary.

Examples:

                                    Abteilung becomes Abt.

                                    Band becomes Bd.

                                    nmbr becomes no.

                                    numϑro (French) becomes no

                                    numero (Italian) becomes n.

                                    nmero(Spanish) becomes no.

                                    Nummer becomes Nr.

                                    Teil becomes T.

                                    tome becomes t.

                                    Volume becomes v.

 

Format Specific Policies

Electronic
 Electronic serials should have their own separate record from the print version following AACR2 standards.

Bound
No policy is necessary as no one is binding any periodicals.

 Microfilm
 Microfilm should be incorporated on the print record with an 852 note in the MARC Holdings tab with the MF holdings.
                                    For example: MICROFILM: 2004-CURRENT
                                                            MICROFICHE: 2001-2007

 

Cancelling and/or Removing Serials

Publisher title changes
 The person checking in serials must keep a close eye on possible title changes.  Title changes can be quite obvious (i.e., Academic Leadership changes to just Leadership .  They can also be more subtle, such as adding or deleting a few words or using initials instead of the spelled out name (i.e. HG for House & Gardens).

It can be difficult to know when a title has changed.  There are specific rules that address this.  Check WorldCat and EBSCOnet.  If you are still unsure, please contact Mary Daubenspeck or Barbara Scala. 

If a serial title has changed , the newer MARC record will have a 780 field that indicates previous title:

Here is an example of a serial that used to be called Academic Leadership and changed its name to Leadership.

780 00 $t Academic leadership $x 1086-1149 $w (DLC) 96664166 $w (OCoLC) 33808818

 

Meaning of individual fields:

$t         Title

$a        Main entry heading

$x        International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

$w       Record control number (in OCLC)

 

Here is an example of a 785 entered on the MARC record for the old record for Academic Leadership to indicate what the name was changed to.

 

785     $t Leadership (Mesa, Ariz.) $w (DLC) 2006264789 $w (OCoLC)71210400

 

856     Electronic location/access.

 

Cancelling a serial

You may also need to refer to the SCILS Procedures on how to actually close or delete a serial control record, item, and title.

Scenario 1: Library has cancelled subscription or title is no longer published and removing all back issues

Scenario 2: Library has cancelled subscription or title is no longer and is retaining back issues of the title.

In Scenario 1:

·         Remove your serial control

·         Check out your item to discard

·         Update the bib. Record removing any notes associated with your school

·         Removing your holdings symbol from Worldcat

 

In Scenario 2:

·         On the Basic tab in the serials module, the Status needs to be updated.  Change from “Active” to “Cancelled” if title is still being published and your library has elected not to receive it anymore. It needs to be changed to “Ceased” if the title is no longer published. This includes title changes.

·         Never use  “Unknown” as a status

·         On the MARC Holdings Tab, also to edit holdings date to reflect current holdings with start and ending date. 

·         Delete off any expected issues

 

Setting each tab in the Serial Control Module according to SCILS policy

*****If it is not mentioned on this document then there is not a SCILS policy for it*****

 

******You also may need to refer to the Sirsi Serial Procedures on the SCILS Only webpage for detailed step by step instructions for creating a serial control.********

 

Basic tab

Class scheme should be “MAGAUTO.”  This creates the “Shelved alphabetically by title” for the call number in the OPAC, except in rare cases where you add EVERY issue to the catalog like Surgical Clinics of North America. In these rare cases , it should be “LC” since they will get a call number added to the spine.

 

Status:  The choices are active, cancelled, ceased, unknown.  Active is for a current subscription you are receiving.  Cancelled is for serials you have stopped subscribing to, but that are still being published.  Ceased is for serials that have ceased publication. Unknown should never be used.

 

Patterns tab

Enumeration Pattern: Check use box and choose volume (V.) and number (No.) with gadget, if applicable.  Use “radio” buttons to indicate number or alphabetic designation of volume and issue numbers. SCILS policy is to not list V. and No. for newspapers even if the publication has them listed because newspapers are notorious for skipping issue numbers. This will cause all your predictions to be incorrect.

 

Choose “continuous” if volume number continues indefinitely.  Most journals start a new volume number each year, but some continue indefinitely. 

 

Limit: Is the number issues you receive in a volume not necessarily the number of issues you receive in a year. Some titles have 2 volumes per year though most have only 1.

 

Chronology pattern:  choose appropriate chronology pattern.  This will be used to generate predictions. 

There are examples of each chronology type in the SIRSI Serials help screen.  Workflow has 16 chronology type possibilities in the drop down menu, however, SCILS only uses 10 of these as shown in "Appendix B Chronology Types" (p 191) of Sirsi Dynix Training Guide (GL3.1).

 

Publication Pattern:  Check box that says “Allow automatic prediction of issues.”  Use “gadget” to choose publication cycle to match predictions. 

 

You must be running the Sirsi claiming reports for the days to claim to matter. The SCILS recommendation is to run the reports a minimum of 1 a month.

 

Days to wait before claiming :  estimate a reasonable window of time that you should receive the periodical, in general the fewer per year the longer the window. As time passes and you have more data on a specific title, you can loosen or tighten the claiming periods based on the information of past receipts.   EBSCO will not accept claims for magazines after 6 months. 

             Examples of reasonable times to wait to claim:

Daily- 4 (days)

                                    Weekly-10 (days)

Monthly-15 (days)

Quarterly-21(days)

 

 

Days before subsequent claim:  again, estimate to the best of your knowledge when a reasonable time to reissue claim would be. The number you list here is added to the number in “Days to wait before claiming” to get the actual claim date. If there is a 4 in the claim box and a 30 in the subsequent claim box, the 2nd claim would be made after the serial was 34 days late.

            For example reasonable times to wait for subsequent claims:

Daily- 30 (days)

                                    Weekly -30 (days)

Monthly-45 (days)

Quarterly-60 (days)

 

May also need to refer to Sirsi procedures on the SCILS website.

 

OPAC display tab

 Automatically update MARC holdings should be checked

 

Number of most recently arrived issues to display as a note should be 1.

 

Form of Name to Display should be “Both” in most cases, as magazines usually have enumeration (a volume and/or an issue number) as well as chronology (a date identifying the issue).  If the issue has only chronology (no volume and number), you will select “Chronology.”  If the issue has only enumeration (no dates), you will select “Enumeration.” 

 

Note:  The information you have entered on the Pattern Tab under Enumeration pattern and Chronology pattern must match the information you are entering in the OPAC Display tab under Form of name to display. 

 

MARC holdings tab

This is the information that determines what displays in the OPAC for current holdings of back issues.  It is important to be consistent.  Use all caps in all cases. 

 

Holdings should be noted on the record under MARC holdings tab (on Serial Control) in 852 MARC tag in Workflows as follows (NOTE: These are different from what’s used in the MARC record in Bibliographic record):

 

May also need to refer to Sirsi procedures on the SCILS website.

 

 All notes in the Serial module are to be capitalized and numbers should be used. Cataloging has separate rules.

                        For example: CURRENT 2 YEARS

                                                JUN. 2003-CURRENT

                                                1998-CURRENT

 

The term “CURRENT” is used.

                        For example: CURRENT 6 MONTHS.

                                                CURRENT YEAR.

                                                                       

Months are always abbreviated with the first 3 letters of a month with a period

                        For example: JAN. 2007-CURRENT

                                                2001-APR. 2004

 

            There should be no spaces between the dashes.

For example: 2005-CURRENT

                                                2001- 2004

 

             If there is a break in holdings, use commas to indicate (,).

                        For example: a. V.1-v.5,V.7-V.9

                        (Library holds vols.1 to 5 and vols.7 to 9, lacks vol.6)

                        b. 1990-1992, 1995-CURRENT

                        (Library holds 1990-1992, and currently receives 1995 forward)

                        If there are many missing issues, can use [BROKEN] after dates.

                        For example: 2005-CURRENT [BROKEN]

           

If there is a nongap break in holdings, use a semicolon(;).

                        For example: a. V.1-V.3;V.5-V.7

                                                (Vol.4 was not published)

                                   

If a double volume number or a single physical volume covering more than one calendar year is

published, use a backslash(/)

                        For example: a.V.1/2-

                                                (Vols.1 and 2 were published as one physical volume)

                                                b. 1990/1991-CURRENT

                                                (Vols. for 1990 and 1991 were published in one

Physical volume)

              Use all four digits to indicate year.
                        For example: 1990, not 90.

 

 

Subscription tab

 

 Copies to receive: should have the # of subscriptions your library receives to for that title which is usually “1.”

Number of issues: should be the number of individual issues you receive in a year for that title

 Expiration date:  Never. 

 

Link for ordering/claiming  Fiscal Cycle: 2004.  If using the Sirsi claiming process always select 2004, as SCILS is not “rolling over” vendors for fiscal years.  If not using the Sirsi Claiming process or are receiving the serial directly or as a donation, this can be left blank.

 

Vendor ID: will be EBSCO in most cases unless not claiming.  If not using the Sirsi Claiming process or are receiving the serial directly or as a donation, this can be left blank.

 

 

Library: use drop down box to choose your library. If not using the Sirsi Claiming process or are receiving the serial directly or as a donation, this can be left as E_RESOURCE.

 

 

Distribution tab

 

Holding code: Do not use “Default” or “Magauto” for holding code under this tab. Your holding code should be initials related to your school with MAG_MAG or MAG_MA. If you are unsure of your school’s holding code contact the SCILS Librarian.

            For example: ST_MAG_MAG, OCT_MAG_MA, HGS_MAG_MA

           

 

Copies expected: Usually 1, but can be more if you are receiving more than one copy. May want to contact the SCILS Librarian if have more copies.

 

Copies to add to the Catalog: Almost always 0 unless you are barcoding every issue

 

Update holdings: Doesn’t matter whether it is “Y” or “N” as SCILS does not display this information in the catalog.

 

 

Binding tab

Do not use.  No one in SCILS binds copies of magazines. 

 

Extended info tab

Should use if item is donated with donation information. Add information in Notes for titles that should be checked in without predictions.  Can be used for any relevant information. Notes cannot be viewed by patrons.

            For example: Check in without prediction. Too irregular to predict

                                    Donated by Jason Wade

           

 

Expected tab

Not every title should have predictions generated. If a title is too irregular to predict such as Forbes, add a note that there should be no prediction on the Extended tab. Be aware in order to use the Sirsi claiming process that there must be expected issues. When you generate predictions, you will have a list of expected issues. The “Y” should be next to the first issue that you should receive next. Contact SCILS Librarian if not.

 

Received tab

You have a choice to display received issues by enumeration, date received, or date expected plus either ascending or descending order.  The recommendation is that your choices are Descending order and by date received for the most readable option.

 

Retention policy for received issue: The SCILS Librarian will automatically remove old received issues based on the policies adopted by the Technical Advisor Committee.

 

For frequent publications: Defined as receiving more often than 1 time a month like daily, weekly, and semimonthly. 6 months are retained

 

For semi-frequent publications: Defined as receiving more often that 4 times a year like monthly, bimonthly, or school year. 1 year are retained

 

For occasional publications: Defined as receiving less than 5 times a year like quarterly, seasonal, annual, etc. 2 years are retained.

 

 

Claimed

If you run the claims reports, it will mark issues that have been claimed through the reports. You are still responsible for letting the vendor know that information. Sirsi does not transmit the information to your vendor.

 

Routing

Can use “gadget” to create a list of names to route with the periodical. If you create a list, it will popup when you check in that serial.

 

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Approved:  4/30/2009