CONSER At Large
ALA Midwinter Philadelphia
Sunday January 26, 2003 8:00-9:30
Loews Hotel, Regency Ballroom C

Agenda

Welcome (Bob Wolven)

AACR2 implementation (Jean Hirons)
Publication pattern task force (Carlen Ruschoff)
CONSER FRBR Task Force (Everett Allgood)
510s in CONSER records (Hirons and Glenn Patton)

Discussion:

CONSER policies regarding journals in aggregations
Summary of proposal and status (Wolven and Hirons)
Status on database transformation (Robert Bremer)
Suggested scenario for the future (Hirons and Adolfo Tarango)

• Libraries want to provide access to journals in aggregations via the catalog
• Libraries need and will continue to need record sets
• Creators of record sets need base records that can be customized
• The base records should be CONSER records
• The base records should be 'separate' records that reflect the online version
• "Separate" records may be either created by catalogers using Option B+ or machine-derived from existing records.
• The Task Group on Journals in AggregatorDatabases should define the fields for a machine derived "separate" record.
• For titles for which there is no record, records should be created by CONSER
• For changes involving the aggregation themselves, i.e., titles added/deleted, maintenance will be handled by serial management companies and OCLC, where possible (i.e., SMCs notify OCLC)
• For bibliographic changes to the serial, e.g., title changes, changes will be handled by CONSER

Thanks to Serials Solutions for the coffee!