Module 1. Introduction to Serials Cataloging
If you are a new cataloger or a cataloger who has only worked with other types of materials, cataloging a serial for the first time may seem daunting. How do you catalog from multiple issues? What happens when you don’t have the first issue? How do you indicate that something has changes? How do you know what to include and what to leave out?
This module will take a broad look at serials, discussing what makes them unique, what kind of challenges they pose to the cataloger, and what is involved in cataloging them.
This module will discuss:
The importance of serials
How serials differ from monographs
Aspects of the cataloging that are unique to serials
An overview of the cataloging process
Other types of serials control
1.1. The significance of serial publications
1.3. The process of cataloging a serial
1.4. Serials and their control
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