This question has been posted on the AALL TS-SIS list. Please excuse
the cross-posting.
I'm hoping some law librarian catalogers can share their opinions on a
particularly confusing title. Some solutions have been posed on the
TS-SIS list but some don't follow OCLC standards and perhaps not
national standards. As an OCLC user, I want to adhere to OCLC standards
as well as AACR2 and CONSER standards.
Law on torts, 2nd edition, is gradually/slowly being replaced by a 3rd
edition. In 1996, a 3rd edition record was created in OCLC (33222425).
This was for the sole 3rd edition volume (v. 1), which was in loose-leaf
format.
We've just received three new volumes of the 3rd ed. in a new format:
bound volumes. Vol. 2 & 6 are called 3rd edition. Vol. 1 is called
"3rd edition (revised)" and purports to supercede the loose-leaf 3rd
edition vol. 1. The title also changed for these volumes. A K level
OCLC records had been created for these 3rd ed. volumes (71757478).
My question is whether I should just modify the 1996 3rd ed. record
to describe the new 3rd ed. volumes (1, 2, 6 -- in bound volume format)
OR whether to close that record and use the newly created K level 3rd
ed. record for the new 3rd ed. volumes.
I think that the change in title between the first 3rd ed. volume (Law
of torts; v. 1 only) and the newly released 3rd ed. volumes (Harper,
James and Gray on torts; v. 1, 2, 6) requires a new record for the new
3rd ed. vols. I also think the change in format from the 3rd ed.
loose-leaf volume to the 3rd ed. bound volumes would require a new
record. However, I'm looking to see if I'm on track with this
thinking.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Colleen
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Colleen E. Smith
Head of Technical Services
Schaffer Law Library
Albany Law School
Albany, New York 12208
(518) 445-2341
csmit@albanylaw.edu
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