Seriality: What Have We Accomplished? What’s Next?

Discusses the achievements and further goals of the revision of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules to accommodate various aspects of seriality. Focuses on the seriality of integrating resources (loose-leafs, Websites, databases) and explores their similarities to traditional serials as well as their differences, and the reasoning that led to the revised rules. Also analyzes decisions that have not been reached in the implementation of the rules at the time of this writing. Explains the decisions that will impact on both serials and integrating resources, and discusses the challenges that a new category of materials presents to the Program for Cooperative Cataloging’s CONSER and BIBCO programs. Asks that readers consider how the seriality of these resources is being accommodated in their individual institutions. Highlights significant changes for serials and discusses the international harmonization effort and how it will benefit libraries in the United States of America.