Agreed, and if you want the official source for this distinction, it's ANSI/NISO Z39.71-2006:

5.5.1.2
"A compressed statement records the first and last parts of a range of units when the institution holds all the units in that range. Separate the first and last parts by a hyphen."

5.5.4.3
"When a bibliographic item is issued with combined numbering — not when bound together after receipt — separate the numbers by a forward slash.
Examples:
v.5/6
v.5:no.1/2
v.4:no.4/v.5:no.1 [Published as a combined issue]
v.33/v.44:no.2 [A microfilm reel or CD-ROM containing v. 33 through v. 44, no. 2.]"

Robert Rendall

Principal Serials Cataloger

Original and Special Materials Cataloging, Columbia University Libraries

102 Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027

tel.: 212 851 2449 fax: 212 854 5167

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Maccluggage, Cyndi <cmacclugg@hartford.edu> wrote:

Good afternoon,

Others may have a better (perhaps more correct!) answer, but for me it depends:

I use “Jan/Feb” for a single issue (or single bound volume) that contains/represents both months,

but I’ll use “Jan-Feb” if I’m creating a holdings summary that represents 2 or more items.

Hope this helps,

Cyndi

Cyndi MacCluggage

University Cataloger, Mortensen Library

860-768-4811

cmacclugg@hartford.edu

University of Hartford

200 Bloomfield Avenue

West Hartford, CT 06117

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Dusty Gorman
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 11:59 AM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: [SERIALST] Cataloging question

Hello,

I have a question I have been unable to find an answer for. When receiving a journal issue or cataloging a bound journal what is the correct way to catalog?:

Jan-Dec

Jan-Feb

Or

Jan/Dec

Jan/Feb

I have heard both ways, but the argument seems to focus on personal preference and I have been unable to find a cataloging rule that supports either. Is there a cataloging rule that says – or / is better than the other?

Dusty

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