Here is a Series record in WorldCat/OCLC I see an update from 2010 in this WorldCat record below so there may very likely be some libraries out there who have used this record as a continuation/series/set (3 diff editions) for some of their holdings. again, I havent checked individual libraries . but would think a number of libraries may still use this record--as well as the libraries using the separate record for the 2010 edition only, and also for e-versions. Sharing for anyone interested , apologies for these long posts but just wanted to show the examples. Cheers, Karen Weaver Document Type: Serial Entry: 19781117 Update: 20101207 Accession No: OCLC: 4380549 ------------- Get This Item Availability: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries worldwide that own item: 332 Search the catalog at the Gumberg Library External Resources: Cite This Item Find Related More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... Find Items About: Encyclopedia of library and information science (1); Kent, Allen. (10); Lancour, Harold, (max: 3) Title: Encyclopedia of library and information science. Author(s): Kent, Allen. Lancour, Harold,; 1908- ; ed. Nasri, William Z. Publication: New York, N.Y. : Marcel Dekker, Inc., Year: 1968- Description: Vol. 1 (1968)-; v. : ill., facsims. ; 27 cm. Language: English Standard No: National Library: E06770000; LCCN: sn 86-38305 ; 68-31232 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Library science -- Dictionaries. Information science -- Dictionaries. Note(s): Includes bibliographies. Class Descriptors: LC: Z1006; Dewey: 020/.3; NLM: Z 1006 E56 Material Type: Series (mse) Document Type: Serial Entry: 19781117 Update: 20101207 Accession No: OCLC: 4380549 Database: WorldCat ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detailed Record Add/View Comments Encyclopedia of library and information science. Allen Kent; Harold Lancour; William Z Nasri 1968- English Serial Publication : Monographic series v. : ill., facsims. ; 27 cm. New York, N.Y. : Marcel Dekker, Inc., Get This Item Availability: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries worldwide that own item: 332 Search the catalog at the Gumberg Library External Resources: Cite This Item Find Related More Like This: Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... Find Items About: Encyclopedia of library and information science (1); Kent, Allen. (10); Lancour, Harold, (max: 3) Title: Encyclopedia of library and information science. Author(s): Kent, Allen. Lancour, Harold,; 1908- ; ed. Nasri, William Z. Publication: New York, N.Y. : Marcel Dekker, Inc., Year: 1968- Description: Vol. 1 (1968)-; v. : ill., facsims. ; 27 cm. Language: English Standard No: National Library: E06770000; LCCN: sn 86-38305 ; 68-31232 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Library science -- Dictionaries. Information science -- Dictionaries. Note(s): Includes bibliographies. Class Descriptors: LC: Z1006; Dewey: 020/.3; NLM: Z 1006 E56 Material Type: Series (mse) Document Type: Serial Entry: 19781117 Update: 20101207 Accession No: OCLC: 4380549 Database: WorldCat On 4/4/11, Marcia J. Bates <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Karen Weaver et al., > > I think there must be a misunderstanding about the question of the > number of holdings listed in OCLC's WorldCat for the Encyclopedia of > Library and Information Sciences. Karen, you are saying that other > libraries may list ELIS3 as a continuation of the earlier editions, > but I haven't found any examples of that. Indeed, even the Library > of Congress lists the editions separately. I've looked under both of > the specific records you point to (LC and OCLC), and they both list > only the original editors and the original volume numbers. No > changes in editors are listed and no volume numbers are given beyond > the original number of volumes in the first edition. (There were 73 > volumes in the first edition, including some 40+ supplements.) In > sum, there are NOT 332 copies of ELIS3 in libraries! > > If you search for the 3rd edition title in OCLC you find the same > small set of records that I have been working off of during this > whole discussion. Though they may sometimes handle things as > continuations, libraries seem not to have done that with this work. > > By the way, I certainly value cataloging--I used to teach it, a > hundred years ago or so. ;-) > > Marcia > > > -- > Marcia J. Bates, Ph.D. > Professor Emerita > Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science > Editor, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd Ed. > Department of Information Studies > Graduate School of Education and Information Studies > University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) > Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520 USA > Tel: 310-206-9353 > Fax: 310-206-4460 > Web: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/ > >