Technically a word change within the first 5 significant words in the title constitutes a major change. I would give it a new record.
Mary
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Subject: [SERIALST] Major or Minor
title change? -->McGraw Hill's Global studies. Russia & the near abroad
I was just handed the 12th 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 11th ed. indicating:
11th ed. has additional title: ‡a Russia, the Baltic and Eurasian republics, and Central/Eastern Europe.
The 12th 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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