Strategies for Cataloging Historical Serials

Abstract

The challenges the cataloger of historical serials faces are many and they come from all aspects of the cataloging process. For those who primarily catalog contemporary materials, these issues can be particularly daunting. The object of this article is to examine some of the more commonly experienced issues with emphasis on how to address them in a practical sense. The article is organized by broad functional categories: types of material, iterations, bibliographic data, and name authority control.

KEYWORDS:

• historical serials
• cataloging
• RDA
• AACR2

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Images in this article are courtesy of the Clarke Historical Library.