1998/1999 ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE CONSER PROGRAM


APPENDICES

Compiled by the Library of Congress
Serial Record Division, October 1999

APPENDIX A
MEMBERS OF CONSER COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES (1998)

CONSER Operations Committee

American Theological Library Assoc.
Center for Research Libraries
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Indiana University
Library of Congress
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Agricultural Library
National Library of Canada
National Library of Medicine
New York Public Library
New York State Library
OCLC, Inc.
St. Louis University Law Library
U.S. Government Printing Office
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Michigan
University of Pittsburgh
University of Texas at Austin
University of Washington
Judy Knop
Adriana Pilecky-Dekajlo
Carroll Davis
Karen Calhoun
Ruth Haas
Mechael Gago
Jean Hirons, Chair
David Van Hoy
Kathleen Dougherty
John Clark
Kevin McShane
Edith Gewertz
Miriam Bogen
Robert Bremer
William Toombs
Thomas Downing
Valerie Bross
Cecilia Botero
John Riemer
Jeanne Baker
Leighann Ayers
Faye Leibowitz
Sue Fuller
Kristin Lindlan

Affiliate Members

BIOSIS
Chemical Abstracts Service/Library Services
EBSCO Information Services
Faxon Company
Janet Zimmerman
Edward Gyetvai, Jr.
Jennifer O'Connell
Ed Jones

CONSER Enhance Representatives

State University of New York at Buffalo,
    Health Science Library
University of California, San Diego
University of Cincinnati,
    Medical Center Libraries
University of North Carolina
    at Chapel Hill
Vanderbilt University
University of Oregon
Cindy Hepfer

Crystal Graham
Mary Piper

Frieda Rosenberg

Ann Ercelawn
Mary Grenci

APPENDIX B
CONSER TASK FORCES/GROUPS

Task Force on A&I/ISSN Issues
Cindy Hepfer, SUNY-Buffalo, Chair
Cecilia Botero, Florida
Mike Esman, NAL
Jennifer O'Connell, EBSCO
Kevin McShane, NLM
Regina Reynolds, LC
Jean Hirons, LC, Ex officio

Working Group on Access to Serials in Aggregator Databases
John Riemer, Chair
Jeanne Baker, University of Maryland
Matthew Beacom, Yale University
Karen Calhoun, Cornell University
Eric Celeste, Massachusets Institute of Technology
Ruth Haas, Harvard University
Jean Hirons, LC Liaison
Oliver Pesch, EBSCO Liaison

Task Force on AACR Review
Sara Shatford Layne, UCLA, Chair,
Karen Hsu, NYPL
John Riemer, Georgia
Judy Knop, ATLA
Kristin Lindlan, Washington
Judy Kuhagen, LC
Jeffrey Myers-Hayer, LC
Crystal Graham, UCSD, Consultant
Carroll Davis, Columbia
Jean Hirons, LC, Ex officio

Task Force on Publication Patterns and Holdings
Diane Hillmann (Cornell), chair
Kurt Carroll (LC)
John Espley (VTLS)
Ed Glazier (RLG)
Rich Greene (OCLC)
Rebecca Guenther (LC)
Ruth Haas (Harvard)
Katherine Harnish (Endeavor)
Linda Miller (LC)
Jennifer O'Connell (EBSCO)
Marietta Plank (University of Maryland)
Frieda Rosenberg (UNC, Chapel Hill)
Mary Ann Van Cura (Cooley Law School)
Library, Lansing, MI)
Jean Hirons, ex officio

APPENDIX C
CONSER STATISTICAL SUMMARY -- October 1998-September 1999
Production Totals with Percent Change from Previous Year

Member

Authentications

Maintenance

Total

ATLA 524 161 685 (2%)
Columbia 295 236 531 (28%)
Chem Abstracts (through Apr. 1999) N/A 277 277 (-31%)
Cincinnati N/A 103 103 (-32%)
Cornell 438 4 442 (24%)
CRL 1050 776 1826 (5%)
EBSCO N/A 589 589 (14%)
Florida 534 182 716 (132)
Georgia 229 445 674 (-46%)
GPO 932 2337 3269 (11%)
Harvard 2106 2938 5044 (-21%)
Indiana 819 4741 5560 (-6%)
LC 5631 13435 19066 (-31%)
Maryland 156 439 595 (-20%)
Michigan 209 236 445 (-14%)
MIT 475 1338 1813 (49%)
NAL (through July 1999) 596 761 1357 (31%)
New York Public 657 669 1326 (5%)
New York State 217 1348 1565 (10%)
NLC 1772 4 1776 (-41%)
NLM 383 686 1069 (-11%)
NSDP 4988 3400* 8388 (-1%)
Oregon (Joined CONSER in FY 1999) N/A 46 46
Pittsburgh (through Apr. 1999) 9 6 15 (-69%)
St. Louis Law (through June 1999) 62 170 232 (-46%)

SUNY-Buffalo (through July 1999) N/A 32 32 (-55%)
Texas 1151 614 1765 (-11%)
UCSD N/A 2182 2182 (120%)
UCLA 910 497 1407 (-1%)
UNC N/A 132 132 (69%)
USNP 1969 3602 5571 (33%)
Vanderbilt N/A 138 138 (-23%)
Washington 1409 2828 4237 (27%)
TOTALS 27,521 (-11%) 45,352 (4%) 72,873 (-2%)





*NSDP estimate

APPENDIX D
ARTICLES CITED IN THE 1998/1999 CONSER ANNUAL REPORT

Hirons, Jean, Judy Kuhagen, and Regina Reynolds, "Proposal for a Succession of Latest Entry Records." Available at: http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/serialty.html

Hirons, Jean, Regina Reynolds, and Guenter Franzmeier, "Establishing a Benchmark to Determine When to Make a New Serial Record." Available at: http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/serialty.html

Hirons, Jean and Regina Reynolds, "Seriality: It's Not Just for Serials Anymore," Library Review, 48:4 (1999) pp.163-168.

Hirons, Jean, "Revising AACR2 to Accommodate Seriality Report to the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR." Available at: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/jsc/ser-rep0.html

- "Seriality and MARC 21," MARBI, DP 114, available at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/dp/dp114.html

- "SCCTP: Continuing Education for Continuing Resources," Serials Librarian, forthcoming.

Jones, Wayne "Gimme a C!: MIT's Experience with Core Cataloging of Serials", The Serials Librarian, 37:3, forthcoming.

Lindlan, Kristin, series editor, "Ongoing entities: the impact of modified Model C on cataloging description," Serials Review, 25:1 (1999), pp. 95-108.

Reynolds, Regina, "Back to the Future of AACR: Retooling Former Cataloging Practices to Solve Problems Old and New," LCATS, forthcoming.

Shadle, Steve, "Identification of electronic journals in the online catalog," Serials Review, 24:2 (summer 1998), pp. 104-107.

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