Is It Tweaking or Cataloging Enrichment? Choices in Reshaping Serial Cataloging Copy

Serial catalogers are required to balance the economy of taking standard cataloging copy "as is" against local demands to catalog apart from the standard. Two serial catalogers discuss examples of cataloging-enhancement practices from the viewpoint of their respective institutions. They examine each in terms of the following: impetus; problem solved or oppurtunity realized; stakeholders affected; costs, documentation needs, and new problems entailed; and factors shaping decisions to make changes.