What is the relationship of this experiment with the earlier CONSER task force effort to create a database of publication patterns?
If we were to examine a representative sample of publications, we would find that there are a large, but still finite, number of publication patterns, some which occur more often than others. It would be possible to provide a list or database of the possible alternative patterns that might be encountered when dealing with updated publications. In fact, some integrated online library system vendors have serial control systems that now provide an extensive list of publication pattern templates to choose from during setup of check in records. From the list provided, staff select the pattern template that best describes each work in hand. These patterns templates do not include information specific to any one serial, such as which issues are combined/omitted or when the calendar years begins. Creating such a database was the focus of the CONSER task force during the early 1990’s. However, if only a database of pattern templates was created, staff would have to determine which template is a
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