July 18, 2000

A large number of people (55 signed in) nestled into snug accommodations to participate in the roundtable. The session began with attendees introducing themselves.

Ann Sitkin, a member of the CONSER AACR Review Task Force, reported on revisions to AACR2 Chapter 12. The new Chapter 12 is called "Continuing Resources," not "Serials." Continuing resources include serials (printed and electronic) and integrating resources such as Web sites, loose-leafs, and some continuations. Ann pointed out that this is good for us because loose-leafs will now be handled in the rules. She also mentioned some questions that the law cataloging community needs to think about, such as, "What should be done with multi-volume works with replacement volumes—should they be considered continuing resources?" and "Are loose-leafs adequately covered in the rules?"

Rhonda Lawrence, AALL representa-tive to MARBI, announced that she must report back to MARBI about law librarians’ reactions to the proposed MARC changes and asked people to respond via email. She remarked that the AACR2 Chapter 12 revisions have not gone through yet, so MARBI changes will not be implemented until that happens.

Rhonda then discussed several points from MARBI Discussion Paper 119:

• Proposition 2.4.2 proposes adding a third option to the Leader/07 field for integrating resources ("i") in addition to monographs ("m") and serials ("s"). OCLC has said that incorporating this new code would not be a problem, increasing the possibility of it happening. Rhonda noted that one advantage of this proposal is that loose-leaf materials can be removed from serial union lists.
• Proposition 4.1 suggests that 008/21 and 006/04 (Type of serial) be renamed "Type of continuing resource" and that a new code for loose-leafs ("l") be defined. This will enable us to generate a list of loose-leafs.
• Proposition 6.2 proposes repeating 260s to show changes in publisher. The original publisher would remain in the first 260, with current and intervening publishers identified by different indicator values. A big question remains as to how this would apply to loose-leafs, where the publishing statement is changed to reflect the latest publisher.

Rhonda then asked for the group’s reaction to loose-leafs being incorporated into the new AACR2 Chapter 12 "Continuing Resources." The group was very favorable to it. The group also indicated that it liked being able to code integrating resources at a high level as per Proposition 2.4.2 above.

Respectfully submitted,
Chris Long
Indiana University School of Law--Indianapolis