Recent Research on the Sequential Bibliographic Relationship and Its Implications for Standards and the Library Catalog:

Abstract

Recent work on bibliographic relationships is evaluated. Tillett's taxonomy of bibliographic relationships and Smiraglia's taxonomy of the derivative bibliographic relationship provide the context for a discussion of recent research and standards work. Research on the sequential relationship drawn from work conducted on serials is evaluated, and the implications of that research is applied to catalog system design. Leazer's and Gorman's conceptual designs are evaluated, and are used in a critique of the USMARC format for bibliographic description.