Numbering is one of the defining features of serials requiring special and separate coverage. Topics covered in this section are:
With the exception of unnumbered series, every CONSER RDA serial description must have numbering given in two 588 fields, the “Description based on” note and the “Latest issue consulted” note. (If the first or last issue of the serial is in hand or known, numbering is also given in field 362.)
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Record as: 362 1# $a 1st (February 1991)
When the numbering is presented as a year and a number that is a division of the year, record the year first, then the number.
The issue has 1:2000.
Record: 362 1# $a Began with: 2000/1.