Labeling question: continuing series after original author has died
Hello, A lot of authors of popular series have died (Robert B. Parker in particular) and other writers have picked up the deceased author's series and continued to write it. Looking at our catalog, it looks like half of the libraries are under the original series author and half are under the new author's name. Currently, ours are strictly under the author's last name but they are numbered as part of the same series. However, I am considering putting them under the series author instead of the book author and I wanted to know what other libraries are doing... How are you cataloging these new additions to the series? Are you putting it under the new author in the fiction section because they are technically the author of the books and patrons might discover other books by that author at the same time? Or are you putting it under the original author that created the series because patrons would expect to find the whole series in the same section? Or are you putting the whole series under the series title to keep them together? Or are you doing something completely different? Thank you in advance, Janelle Janelle Martin Head of Fiction Marguerite deAngeli Library Lapeer District Library 921 W. Nepessing St. Lapeer, MI 48446 jmartin@lib.lapeer.org 810-664-6971 ext 3218
Hello, Several people had asked if I would compile responses to my question, so I have attached a word document with them all. I included a library name if it was in the response. We currently put the Star Wars and Halo books under the series title rather than individual authors because there are so many people writing these series. So I already have a precedent for cataloging a series under a series title. I will get some feedback from patrons and staff before I make a decision about this. Thanks for all the input. Janelle Janelle Martin Head of Fiction Marguerite deAngeli Library Lapeer District Library 921 W. Nepessing St. Lapeer, MI 48446 jmartin@lib.lapeer.org 810-664-6971 ext 3218 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janelle Martin" <jmartin@lib.lapeer.org> To: michlib-l@mcls.org Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 2:22:33 PM Subject: Labeling question: continuing series after original author has died Hello, A lot of authors of popular series have died (Robert B. Parker in particular) and other writers have picked up the deceased author's series and continued to write it. Looking at our catalog, it looks like half of the libraries are under the original series author and half are under the new author's name. Currently, ours are strictly under the author's last name but they are numbered as part of the same series. However, I am considering putting them under the series author instead of the book author and I wanted to know what other libraries are doing... How are you cataloging these new additions to the series? Are you putting it under the new author in the fiction section because they are technically the author of the books and patrons might discover other books by that author at the same time? Or are you putting it under the original author that created the series because patrons would expect to find the whole series in the same section? Or are you putting the whole series under the series title to keep them together? Or are you doing something completely different? Thank you in advance, Janelle Janelle Martin Head of Fiction Marguerite deAngeli Library Lapeer District Library 921 W. Nepessing St. Lapeer, MI 48446 jmartin@lib.lapeer.org 810-664-6971 ext 3218
Oops! I forgot to attach the compilation. Janelle Janelle Martin Head of Fiction Marguerite deAngeli Library Lapeer District Library 921 W. Nepessing St. Lapeer, MI 48446 jmartin@lib.lapeer.org 810-664-6971 ext 3218 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janelle Martin" <jmartin@lib.lapeer.org> To: michlib-l@mcls.org Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 12:45:51 PM Subject: Re: Labeling question: continuing series after original author has died Hello, Several people had asked if I would compile responses to my question, so I have attached a word document with them all. I included a library name if it was in the response. We currently put the Star Wars and Halo books under the series title rather than individual authors because there are so many people writing these series. So I already have a precedent for cataloging a series under a series title. I will get some feedback from patrons and staff before I make a decision about this. Thanks for all the input. Janelle Janelle Martin Head of Fiction Marguerite deAngeli Library Lapeer District Library 921 W. Nepessing St. Lapeer, MI 48446 jmartin@lib.lapeer.org 810-664-6971 ext 3218 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janelle Martin" <jmartin@lib.lapeer.org> To: michlib-l@mcls.org Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 2:22:33 PM Subject: Labeling question: continuing series after original author has died Hello, A lot of authors of popular series have died (Robert B. Parker in particular) and other writers have picked up the deceased author's series and continued to write it. Looking at our catalog, it looks like half of the libraries are under the original series author and half are under the new author's name. Currently, ours are strictly under the author's last name but they are numbered as part of the same series. However, I am considering putting them under the series author instead of the book author and I wanted to know what other libraries are doing... How are you cataloging these new additions to the series? Are you putting it under the new author in the fiction section because they are technically the author of the books and patrons might discover other books by that author at the same time? Or are you putting it under the original author that created the series because patrons would expect to find the whole series in the same section? Or are you putting the whole series under the series title to keep them together? Or are you doing something completely different? Thank you in advance, Janelle Janelle Martin Head of Fiction Marguerite deAngeli Library Lapeer District Library 921 W. Nepessing St. Lapeer, MI 48446 jmartin@lib.lapeer.org 810-664-6971 ext 3218
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