View source for Closing serial records

[[Category:Continuing resources]]
[[Category:Serials]]
[[Category:Rules reminders]]
[[Category:Procedures]]
When a serial or other continuing resource ceases publication or when you create a new record due to a change, '''close off the old record'''. The extent to which each element is completed depends on the issues that are in hand and the information that is available (see the chart in the ''CONSER Cataloging Manual'', Module 16, page 20 as well as Module 21.3).

# Change the Publication Status ('''DtSt''') in the fixed field from c to d.
# Add the ending date to both the '''Dates''' fixed field element and the '''260/264 &Dagger;c'''.
# Specify the total number of volumes in '''300 &Dagger;a'''.
# Add the last issue information to the '''362''' field.
# Add the ending date to any date ranges in other fields (general notes, 246 &Dagger;f, etc.)
# When there is a title change rather than an outright cessation of publication, add a '''785''' uniform title succeeding entry in subfield t, not subfield a. Do not transcribe initial articles.
# Remove your library's '''599''' field (latest issue received), if one is present. (Look for the field with the policy number listed for your library on the [[Library codes]] page.)