Publication Runs

Serials groups issues into runs according to the frequency, chronology, and enumeration of the issues. The illustration on the previous page shows a main run and an index run. A main run would consist of all issues published on a regular basis. A supplementary run would consist of supplementary or special issues, and an index run would consist of index issues. When setting up prediction, you need to first specify the run that you are setting up prediction for. You set up prediction for a title one run at a time. These are two of the most important factors about publication runs:

If some issues have a different enumeration than others, you will need to set up two different run types. (For example, if the main issues display volume and issue number, but the supplemental issue displays only volume, you will need to set up a main run prediction and a supplemental prediction.)
If some of the main issues differ from others in chronology or frequency, but not in enumeration, you will need to group them into separate parts of the main run. (For example, if a title is published once each month, except July and August, which are included in a combined issue, you will set up a main run for the monthly issues and a main run for the combined issue.)

 


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