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Serial Serial Numbering Basics

Source of Numbering Information

Chronology

Transcribing Numbering

Treat the numbering appearing in the 362 1#, 588 fields, and other fields where issue designation is recorded as transcribed data. Record the captions and numbering as they appear on the piece following the guidelines in RDA 1.7 and RDA 1.8, staying consistent with established capitalization conventions (CCM:8.4.1)

Form of Numbering. PCC catalogers currently have the option to record the numbering as it appears or substitute Arabic forms for other numeric systems.

Issue has: volume XVI, number 1:

Record as: 362 1# $a Began with: Volume 16, number 1.

Convert words to Numbers. CONSER practice is to convert numbers expressed in words into numbers. (CCM: 8.4.2)

Issue has: First Issue February 1991.

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.Caption and Numbering