(1) Since a few errors will inevitably turn up in a 2800-page report, obviously an avenue is needed to publish errata as soon as errors are identified.
(2) Also, these errors revealed that the IPCC had no mechanism to publish errata.
(3) Errata notices published in medical journals are investigated by (1) a six-month study of those currently received by a medium-sized medical library; (2) a survey on the way medical libraries handle them, and (3) interviews with researchers to determine their ideas about errata.
(4) This paper reports NLM's experience in bringing published retraction and errata notices to the public's attention and relates this experience to the library's overall interest in quality assurance.
(5) Errata and retraction notices are generally carried in the published literature but usually are not linked to the original data.
(6) Since there is a wide variation at present in errata control practices, the question is raised about the extent of a library's responsibility with regard to errata.