Due to a drastic staff reduction with no relief in sight (thanks be to our current economic crisis in CA), I am being asked to look at some fairly drastic measures to streamline our process. (Something's gotta give!) The majority of our serials have been flipped from print to online; therefore, the focus of our human (and other) resources is put toward these electronic resources. We still do have 750+ print serial titles. One idea that has been floated is to cease the claiming, checking in, and binding of paper periodicals.

I recently read an aritcle: "Implementing the Unthinkable: The Demise of Periodical Check-in at the University of Nevada." by Rick Anderson and Steven D. Zink. Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 27 (2003) 61-71. It is a compelling article to do just that.

I would be very interested to hear if anyone else has done this. If so, how has it gone? What has the public services reaction been? What has the reaction been by the patrons?

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Julie Renee Moore
Catalog Librarian
California State University, Fresno
julie.renee.moore@gmail.com
559-278-5813

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