What is the difference between monographs, serials, and integrating resources?
The rules for cataloging bibliographic resources cover monographs, serials, and integrating resources. Monographs are either complete in one part or intended to be completed within a finite number of separate parts. Serials are also issued in separate issues or parts but have no predetermined conclusion. Integrating resources are added to or changed by updates but these updates are integrated into the resource itself instead of remaining separate. Any format of material (e.g., printed texts, maps, computer files, musical scores, microforms) can be issued as a monograph or a serial. The most common integrating resources are updating loose-leafs, updating databases, and updating Web sites. Back to Questions • How many titles does LC catalog in one year, and how much money is spent on cataloging? From October 2000 to September 2001, LC cataloged 270,801 bibliographic volumes at an average cost of $122.60 per volume. From October 2001 through September 2002, LC cataloged 310,235 bibliograp
The rules for cataloging bibliographic resources cover monographs, serials, and integrating resources. Monographs are either complete in one part or intended to be completed within a finite number of separate parts. Serials are also issued in separate issues or parts but have no predetermined conclusion. Integrating resources are added to or changed by updates but these updates are integrated into the resource itself instead of remaining separate. Any format of material (e.g., printed texts, maps, computer files, musical scores, microforms) can be issued as a monograph or a serial. The most common integrating resources are updating loose-leafs, updating databases, and updating Web sites. Back to Questions • How many titles does LC catalog in one year, and how much money is spent on cataloging? From October 2000 to September 2001, LC cataloged 270,801 bibliographic volumes at an average cost of $122.60 per volume. From October 2001 through September 2002, LC cataloged 310,235 bibliograp
