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Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:00:11 GMT
From:         "T.A.King" <T.A.King@SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK>
Subject:      Cellular & Molecular biology

Forwarded message:
The following is an extract from the e-journal:
>
>                                                             ISSN: 1046-3410
>
>                    NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES
>
>                          NO 62 -- December 6, 1992
>                            Editor: Marcia Tuttle
>
>
>                                  CONTENTS
>
>       62.2 COPING WITH DUAL VERSIONS OF _CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY_,
>            Christie Degener
>
> 62.2 COPING WITH DUAL VERSIONS OF _CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY_:  ONE
>      LIBRARY'S APPROACH.
>      Christie Degener, Serials Librarian, Health Sciences Library, Univer-
>      sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cdegener@med.unc.edu.
>
> Our library received Professor Wegmann's _Cellular and Molecular Biology_
> v.38, nos.5/6 (Aug/Sept 1992) on Nov. 16, 1992; the receipt of Pergamon's
> _Cellular and Molecular Biology_ v.38, no.5 (Aug 1992) a week later promp-
> ted some quick thinking about how this situation should be handled. The
> outer appearance of the two issues is extremely similar; the insides are
> dissimilar in more than content. Some comparison data:
>
> OUTER APPEARANCE: Color, size, front cover layout, and spine information
> are identical. The ISSN, coden, and "indexed/abstracted in:" information
> are identical. The Wegmann issue has dropped the Pergamon imprint statement
> from the front cover and replaced the back cover Pergamon imprint with new
> imprint data (Imprimerie R. DUVAL). The Pergamon issue front cover now
> lists two "associate editors" (M.A.Q. Siddiqui, T. Nagata) instead of list-
> ing an "editor" (R. Wegmann).
>
> INSIDE: P. i of the Wegmann issue lists an editor-in-chief (R.J. Wegmann),
> an associate editor, U.S.A. and Canada (R.F. Ochillo), and an associate
> editor, Asia (T. Nagata). The double issue contains 25 articles (with ab-
> stracts in English) by authors from institutions in 12 different countries,
> including 6 articles by authors from US institutions. The one article in
> French has summaries in French and English. The article texts are all in
> the same typeface and are single-spaced. The issue's paging goes from p.
> 477-699.
>
> P. [i] of the Pergamon issue lists an associate editor, U.S.A. and Canada
> (M.A.Q. Siddiqui) and an associate editor, Asia (T. Nagata). (Note: this is
> the same person mentioned in the Wegmann issue; there is also considerable
> overlap between the editorial board members listed in the two versions.)
> This issue contains 5 articles (with abstracts in English), all by authors
> from US institutions. The article texts are in various type fonts and are
> entirely or partially doublespaced. The issue's paging goes from p.477-542.
>
> Based on the one example of each version received to date, we cannot guess
> if both or only one version will be indexed, and if only one, which one.
> For the time being, we have decided to check in and provide both to our
> users. (We are considering whether we need separate check-in records in
> order to claim effectively, should that be necessary.) To distinguish the
> two versions, the issues are labeled in the upper left hand corner as "Weg-
> mann version" or "Pergamon version." We are also posting a sign at the
> shelving location to alert users to the existence of two versions of this
> title. Our bindery assistant has been asked to delay binding the second
> half of 1992 until further notice, the circulation staff have been instruc-
> ted to shelve both versions together, and we plan to do a "show and tell"
> presentation about this title at our next library-wide staff meeting. Fin-
> ally, we have asked our vendor to delay renewal of this title for 1993
> until the smoke clears.
>
Hope this is helpful

Tony King
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