Maybe “most people” do think of it as
Business Week yet, but that is not necessarily the case for incoming freshman in an academic library, and it becomes less so the more time that passes.
We, too, shelve alphabetically, and this is a burr in my side. It is
Business Week in our catalog, with Bloomberg as a variant title. So far we’re shelving it as
Business Week, but I am not sure how long we will be able to do that. I suspect at the least, we will go to a “see” label before long.
Publishers surely do provide us with job security, don’t they?
Jeanette Skwor
Cofrin Library, Serials Dept.
465-2670
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On Behalf Of Shrader, Tina
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Bloomberg Businessweek
There’s a 936 field from 2009 in the record for Business Week (OCLC #1537921) indicating that the change to Bloomberg Businessweek was a minor title change and that no new record should be input.
If I were running a periodicals room that shelved alphabetically, I’d probably shelve it under Business Week with a reference from Bloomberg, because I think most people still think of it as Business Week, but
you could do it the other way too.
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On Behalf Of Laura Vogler
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 1:57 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Bloomberg Businessweek
Hello Everyone
Curious to know when we will see a record in OCLC for
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK. I see that there used to be one as I am using it in my local catalog – OCLC #609852353. When I do a search for this in OCLC I see that it has been merged into the Business Week record – OCLC #1537921. Why exactly does
Bloomberg not have its own record anymore. This is a fairly significant title change at least in my eyes. Not to mention, it is now spelled as Businessweek versus Business Week.
We shelve journal titles alphabetically so we are shelving it under Bloomberg not Business Week and it appears on our journal list under this title as well. How is everyone handling the title change?
Regards,
Laura
Laura Vogler
Serials Manager
Electronic Resources Assistant
Wabash College Lilly Library
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