Changing a Publication Pattern

You can change the publication pattern for a serial holdings record if no issues or parts were received using that pattern. If one or more issues have already been received and the publisher changes the enumeration The designation reflecting the alphabetic or numeric scheme used by the publisher on an item or assigned when the holdings statement is created to identify the individual bibliographic or physical parts and to show the relationship of each unit to the unit as a whole. and/or chronology The date(s) used by the publisher on a serially-issued bibliographic unit to help identify or indicate when it was published. The chronology may reflect the dates of coverage, publication, or printing. captions, or the arrival pattern (the publisher produces the serial monthly and then bimonthly), you can close the old pattern and create another one. If the publication pattern resumes, you can reopen the pattern. You can also add or remove predicted issues.

There are two ways you can change a publication pattern for a serial holdings record. One method is to change only the publication pattern options, such as the start or end date. For example, you want to keep the frequency, regularity, chronology, and enumeration that are defined in the pattern, but you want to change the start and end dates. The other method is to change the frequency, chronology, enumeration and other settings in the publication pattern but leave the start and end dates the same.

If the publication pattern is saved as a template, the changes are only made for that serial holdings record. To change a template, you must make the changes from the Publication Pattern Template Manager. See Edit a publication pattern template.