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The Public-Access Computer Systems Review
Volume 7, Number 1 (1996) ISSN 1048-6542
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REFEREED ARTICLES
Bill Anderson and Les Hawkins, Development of CONSER Cataloging
Policies for Remote Access Computer File Serials
The CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials) Program has recently
developed and published its policies and practices for
cataloging remote access computer file serials. Module 31
of the CONSER Cataloging Manual (CCM), "Remote Access
Computer File Serials," was drafted by Melissa Beck of UCLA
and covers cataloging policies for remote access computer
file serials. The module opens with a full discussion of
the kinds of online resources CONSER considers to be remote
access computer file serials. Also included in the module
are policies for periodicals in multiple file formats, the
recording of location and access information, and other
significant bibliographic information. These policies were
developed over many months in consultation with a number of
other projects, institutions, offices, and individuals
active in the field of networked information and remote
access computer file serials (henceforth called "electronic
serials").
The effort to develop cataloging tools for networked
resources and electronic serials spans many years and
involves numerous players in different areas of the library
community. This has been an ongoing process involving
individuals closely attuned to the major developments in the
publishing community. Over the years, CONSER has followed
the numerous advances in the standards for cataloging
electronic serials. With the integration of USMARC
bibliographic formats, now in process, serials catalogers
will soon be in position to utilize all the computer file
bibliographic record elements. CONSER has taken a major
step in developing policies for these new elements with the
publication of Module 31 of the CCM. The authors first
present a broad overview of a number of related efforts and
developments in the publishing and library communities, and
then discuss the development of Module 31 of the CCM and the
major issues it addresses.
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Editorial Board
Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin
George H. Brett II, Clearinghouse for Networked Information
Discovery and Retrieval
Priscilla Caplan, University of Chicago
Steve Cisler, Apple Computer, Inc.
Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group
Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath
Pat Ensor, University of Houston
Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz
Charles Hildreth, University of Oklahoma
Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland
Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation, University of
California
David R. McDonald, Tufts University
R. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego
Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information
Mike Ridley, University of Guelph
Peggy Seiden, Skidmore College
Peter Stone, University of Sussex
John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University
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