I was just handed the 12^th ed. of the Global studies title for Russia and asked whether the current edition needs a new record.

Our catalog (& OCLC) has 3 separate serial records for this work, marking changes from

Global studies. $p The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.   to:

Global studies. $p Commonwealth of Independent States and Central/Eastern Europe   to:

Global studies. $p Russia, the Eurasian The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

I don’t catalog serials much of late, so I’m a bit hazy on what constitutes a major/minor title change these days.   I note that there is no serial record in OCLC since 1994 since the title has started with Russia …

We’ve added a 246 to our record  for the 11^th ed.  indicating:

11th ed. has additional title: ‡a Russia, the Baltic and Eurasian republics, and Central/Eastern Europe.

The 12^th edition’s title is now: Global studies. $p Russia and the near abroad.

Can someone clarify for me whether this would be a major or minor title change and why so that I can explain it to my colleagues?

Thanks

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