Set Up the Serial Publication Pattern Regularity
If the publication pattern frequency is a common one, and there are no combined or omitted issues, you do not need to specify the regularity to generate the predicted issues. For example, to predict issues for a serial with a Daily frequency that is published every day without exception, you do not need to enter the regularity information. If there are days when the serial is not published, you need to specify these exceptions. To predict issues for publications with a frequency of Totally Irregular or Continuously Updated, you must enter a regularity pattern.
Note:
Some frequencies show the publication details automatically in the Publication Details box, whereas other frequencies (such as Daily) produce too many entries to show in the box. To check the prediction, click Next (see Review a publication pattern’s prediction).
To specify the publication pattern regularity:
- Specify the publication’s 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 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. following the instructions in Establish chronology and enumeration , and click Next.
The Create Publication Pattern - Regularity Pattern dialog box appears.
- Select a publication code in the Publication code box.
Note:
There are default regularity patterns when you enter a frequency, but you can enter exceptions to the publication pattern by using p for additional issues, o for omitted issues, and c for combined issues.
Note:
Day of week (d): mo, tu, we, th, fr, sa, su.
Day of month (d): 01-31
Month (m): 01-12
Season (s): 21 (spring), 22 (summer), 23 (autumn), 24 (winter)
Week of year (w): 01-53
Week of month (w): 99 (last), 98 (next to last), 97 (third to last), 00 (every), 01 (first), 02 (second), 03 (third), 04 (fourth), 05 (fifth).
Year (y): yyyy (four digits)
If you are specifying that one or more issues are combined, you must enter both From and To values.
- If applicable, type a valid publication value in the To box.
- Click Add to add the publication details to the list under Publication Details.
Example:
A weekly serial is published on Monday of each week with combined issues for the last two weeks of August and December. The Publication Details are as follows for this publication:
pd mo
cw 0898mo/0899mo
cw 1298mo/1299mo
Tip:
The Calendar Change box is active only if you defined enumeration in the publication pattern.
- If you need to specify a calendar change, select Month, Day of Month or Season in the Calendar Change box, and enter the corresponding two-digit numeric code. If the serial is published less frequently than monthly, you must select Day of Month to indicate a calendar change.
Note:
A calendar change indicates the chronological point at which the highest level of enumeration increments or changes. For example, if you select Day of Month for the calendar change, and enter 0101, the calendar change will be on January 1. However, if the serial is not published on January 1, the calendar change automatically takes effect on the next day the serial is published. You can specify more than one calendar change by separating the values with commas.
- Click Next, and review the expected issues to see if the publication pattern results are what you wanted. See Review a publication pattern’s prediction.
Note:
If you go back to the previous view and change the frequency, the publication pattern details are automatically removed. However, changing other information does not affect the publication details.
Tips for Predicting Quarterly Issues
If the frequency is Quarterly, you can select a chronology caption of Season or Quarter (among other selections). The start date of the quarterly publication determines the chronology of the first issue.
If the chronology caption is set as Season, the Start date determines the season as follows:
- 3/21/YY - 6/20/YY = Spring
- 6/21/YY - 9/20/YY = Summer
- 9/21/YY - 12/20/YY = Autumn
- 12/21/YY - 3/20/YY = Winter
If the chronology caption is set as Quarter, the Start date determines the quarter as follows:
- 1/1/YY - 3/31/YY = 1st Quarter
- 4/1/YY - 6/30/YY = 2nd Quarter
- 7/1/YY - 9/30/YY = 3rd Quarter
- 10/1/YY - 12/31/YY = 4th Quarter
Depending on the initial start date, you can manipulate the chronology to correctly reflect the first issue to be predicted. The following are some examples of quarterly prediction:
- If the first issue is Vol. 14 No. 3 (Autumn 2012), the Start date should be 9/21/12 or later (but not later than 12/20), so that the system will predict a fourth issue as Winter 2012.
- If the first issue is Vol. 17 No. 1 (Winter 2012), the Start date should be
1/1/2012 or later, (but not later than 3/20/2012), so that the system will correctly predict all four issues within the calendar year, starting with Winter. If the start date is 12/21/11, a Winter issue will be produced, but with a chronology year of 2011, not 2012.