Guidelines are provided in LCRI 12.0A for treatment of a publication as a serial or a monograph. CONSER members should follow these guidelines when authenticating serial records. There are certain categories of publications that OCLC allows to be cataloged as either a serial or a monograph. Refer to OCLC’s Bibliographic Formats and Standards for guidelines.

If LC monographic cataloging duplicates authenticated serial cataloging, report the duplication to LC for resolution. If it is decided that duplication does exist, LC will handle reporting of records to be deleted from the OCLC database.

If the duplication is between an unauthenticated serial record and a monograph, report to OCLC as outlined in C7.4.3.

See also:

C7.2. Categories of Permissible Duplicates