# Presentation: 447258

## Part 4.  Major/minor changes

## Outline

- Concept of major/minor changes and development of the rules
- Major/minor changes to the title proper
- Other major/minor changes
- Edition
- Numbering
- Note: This section cover serials only

## New Terminology

- Major change: a change that requires a new record
- Minor change: a change that may be recorded as a note or that may result in a change in the description, as considered important
- Do not use “title change” to refer to major changes!

## Development of the Rules

- Desire for fewer new records
- Desire for fewer new ISSN
- Harmonization effort among AACR, ISSN, ISBD

## Basic Principle

## Major Changes

- Main entry changes
- Translated serial undergoes change in original title
- Change in corporate body used as uniform title qualifier
- Major change in title proper
- Change in physical format
- 	  Major change in edition statement

## Title proper

- Two rules:
- 	Major changes:  21.2A1
- 	Minor changes:  21.2A2

## Testing changes

- Always test against the title proper!
- Don’t test against minor changes in the 246

## Major Changes in Title Proper: 1st Five Words (21.2A1)

- Addition, deletion, change, or re-ordering of *any* of the first five words (minus initial article)unless the change is among the minor change exceptions
- The mining review        The mining and industry review
- ACE newsletter              ACE journal

## Major Changes in Title Proper: Change in Meaning or Subject 

- Words are added, dropped, or changed anywhere in the title that change the meaning of the title or indicate a different subject matter
-  The best bed & breakfasts in the world
-      The best bed & breakfasts in the United States
-                                  BUT
- Directory, educational and career information services
-     Directory, educational and career information services for adults      * Not a change; after 1st 5 words,
- 				 no change in meaning

## Major Changes in Title Proper:Change in Corporate Body 

- Major change in the name of a corporate body (i.e., new heading needed) recorded as part of the title proper
- Reports of the Institute of High Speed Mechanics, 	Tohoku University
-    Reports of the Institute of Fluid Mechanics,     	Tohoku University

***New!***

- Representation of words
- Articles, prepositions, conjunctions added, deleted, changed
- Corporate body added or deleted anywhere; representation of body name changed
- Punctuation changed
- Changed order of
-     titles for titles in more than 1 language

- Words linking title to designation added, deleted, changed
- Fluctuating titles
- Words are added or deleted from a list, or order changed, with no significant subject change
- Words indicating type of resource added/dropped

- Minor Changes in Title Proper
- (21.A2)

***New!***

## Corporate Body Names* (Revised)

- The name of the *same* corporate body is added or deleted *anywhere* in the title or the representation of the name is changed (e.g., from full form to acronym or in the fullness of the hierarchy presented).
- If a major change in the name occurs, make a new record. If another corporate body name is added or substituted, make a new record

## Corporate body (Cont.)

- Name changes position in title
- Name added or dropped *anywhere* in the title
- Change in representation of name
- Applies to all bodies, not just issuing body; e.g., recipient of report
- Does *not  *apply to personal names

## Examples of Minor Changes Involving Body Names

- Docket sheet

- Docket sheet of the Supreme
- Court of the U.S.

- CONSER annual report

- Annual report of CONSER

- Report of the Joint Committee on Printing

- JCP report

- Newsletter of the Association of Gravestone Studies

- AGS newsletter

- Journal of the Association of Computing Machinery

- Journal of the ACM

## Examples (Cont.)

- Biennal report

- Biennal report to the governor and legislature

- But:
- Belgium and Luxembourg

- Fodor’s Belgium and Luxembourg

- If Fodor’s was already publisher = minor change
- If Fodor’s was not the publisher = major change

## Words in a List

- Words are added or deleted from a list, or the order of the words is changed, as long as there is no significant change to the subject matter

- Quarterly reports of trade for the ports of Jenchuan,
- Cinnampo, Kunsan, Mokpo, Fusan, Masampo

- Quarterly reports of trade for the ports of Chemulpo,
- Cinnampo, Kunsan, Mokpo, Fusan, Masampo

*New!*

## Words in a List--Guidance

- Does the title include a list?  To be a list, the RI says there need to be *3 or more terms*
- Are the changes significant enough to be considered a major change because there is a *significant change in subject matter?*

## Words in a List--Examples

- Directory of dentists, dental specialists and dental hygienists, licensed and registered in Tennessee
- 	Directory of dentists, dental specialists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants licensed and registered in Tennessee
- Philosophical magazine. B. Physics of condensed matter, electronic, optical, and magnetic properties
- 	Philosophical magazine. B.  Physics of condensed matter, structural, electronic, optical and magnetic properties

## Words Indicating Type of Resource 

- Words indicating type of resource are added or dropped or rearranged *anywhere* in the title

- Organic chemistry review

- Organic chemistry review        Review of organic chemistry (note: See Notes page for explanation)

- Outlook magazine

- Outlook

**BUT NOT**

***New!***

- Organic chemistry

**Notes:**
The change from Organic chemistry review to Organic chemistry is a minor change because the word review has been dropped.  If subsequently the title changed to Review of organic chemistry it would also be a minor change.  The comparison would be against the title proper (Organic chemistry review).  

In this case, the word has not been added or dropped but rearranged.  This is not in the rule as published in AACR2.  This is a change from the training provided in June.  The Joint Steering Committee has agreed that this was an oversight and the Library of Congress and CONSER will apply this change with the other changes on Dec. 1.  There will be an LCRI covering this aspect of minor change and the rule will be amended in the next update.

## Representation of Word/words

- One spelling vs. another (both orthographic variations + official changes)
- Abbreviated word, sign, symbol vs. spelled-out form
- Arabic vs. roman numerals
- Numbers or dates vs. spelled out forms

- Numbers or dates vs. spelled out forms
- Hyphenated vs. unhyphenated words
- One-word compounds vs. two word compounds
- Acronym or initialism vs. full form
- Change in grammatical form (sing. vs. plural, different case)

***New!***

## Examples of changes in representation of words

- Fishery report        Fisheries report
- Television monthly        TV monthly
- Openhouse review       Open house review
- Ga. Peach statistics     Georgia peach stats.
- Saint Paul reporter       St. Paul reporter
- Africa news watch      African news watch
- Access. NYC        Access New York City
- Los Angeles woman           LA woman

***New!***

***New!***

## Note:

- If the entire title is changed from full form or acronym to the opposite, consider the change to be minor
- Journal of applied mechanics
-      JAM = minor change
- This is in LCRI 21.2A2 (Just changed!)

## Major Change in Edition Statement (LCRI 21.3B)

- If the change in an edition statement indicates a change in subject matter or a change in physical format, make a new record
- North American ed.          North and Central American ed.
-                  But not:
- Doctor’s ed.           Physician’s ed.

***New!***

## Numbering

- All changes in numbering are minor
- Even when numbering sequence repeats, no new record is made
- Harmonization with ISSN

***New!***

## If in doubt...

## Major or minor?

- Depository institutions and lending industry developments
- Changes to:
- Lending and depository institutions industry developments
- Parents magazine
- Changes to:
- Parents

## Major or minor?

- Journal of African American male studies
- 	changes to:
- Journal of African American men

- Journal of the Canadian Association of Radiologists
-           changes to:
- Canadian Association of Radiologists journal

## Major or minor?

- Philosophical magazine. B, Physics of condensed matter, electronic, optical, and magnetic properties
-         Changes to:
- Philosophical magazine. B, Physics of condensed matter, statistical mechanics, electronic, optical and magnetic properties

- Employee benefits : research study
- 	changes to
- Employee benefits study