The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 47, November 24, 2002, Article 5

TO THE OR NOT TO THE

  Kerry K. Wetterstrom, Editor/Publisher of The Celator
  writes: "In the spirit of "better late than never", I am finally
  sending the results of my informal and not so scientific
  poll of E-Sylum readers of whether the name of "The
  Numismatist" should be modified by dropping the word
  "The".  I received 15 responses to my question, 13 of which
  agreed with me that there should not be any change. The
  other two responses were of the "wait and see" variety.

  I was hoping for a larger "voter" turnout, but perhaps
  mid-term apathy is an excuse or maybe the balance of
  E-Sylum subscribers are not bothered by the name change
  or simply don't care!

  Joe Boling and Ben Keele both commented that there
  could be problems with bibliographic  references and
  how libraries treat the publication (especially the Library
  of Congress) and . Joe also commented that "It seems to
  me that, even if the name on the cover drops the definite
  article, the formal name of the journal should not change."
  I would agree with Joe."

  [I tend to agree as well.  I was initially in the "no opinion"
  camp, but it would be a shame if libraries end up cataloging
  the pre-2003 issues separately from the 2003 and later
  issues.   The format has changed a number of times over
  the past century or so, but it always remained the same
  publication (and will continue to be the same publication
  after the changeover).  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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