Scott,

Last year, due to budget constraints, we began to send over 1/2 of our
journal issues to the stacks in cardboard princeton files.

We create a quick clno. label, and "grab" a group of issues at a time
on our LMS (ALEPH v.19) to change the collection code to reflect the Stacks location.

For setup, we did have to troll once through our unbound periodicals shelves,
and change the location on every issue that was there
to a new collection code that reflected the physical location.

So far, this is working well for us -- beginning in the Spring Semester, we
will even begin to have our student processors, using a Zebra printer,
carry out most of the process, except the Collection Code changing.
(The Zebra has been set-up to create labels directly from our items display in ALEPH GUI).

Hope this helps,
Sue

Scott Carlisle wrote:

At Boston College Libraries we are reassessing our practices for binding periodicals. Like many libraries we are working toward migrating our journal collections to electronic format, and we are spending more on electronic preservation. In a recent project we experimented with shelving certain titles without binding, and found that while cost savings resulted, there was no labor saved due to the work required in our ILS for location changes.

We'd love to hear what other institutions are doing:

1) Have your binding practices been affected by these issues or others, and if so, what changes have you made?

2) Have you tried any alternatives to binding, such as boxes, and has that been satisfactory?

Thanks,
Scott

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 Sue Dresye
 Library Clerk 3
 F.W. Crumb Memorial Library
 SUNY Potsdam
 dresyesl@potsdam.edu
 (315)267-2480

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