Barbara:  If you are measuring by the Bindery ruler, 30&quot; is the top for most journals.  I just measured ECONOMIST and a few others, and they are all 30 by this measurement - SIGHT AND SOUND was a little bigger, but I think some of the European ones are a little bigger.<br>
<br>Hope this helps...<br><br>MMD<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:45 AM, bpope <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:bpope@pittstate.edu">bpope@pittstate.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<p>Hello, everyone out there in Serials-land. </p>
<p>We are looking at getting compact shelving soon.  I have been asked to find out how much of our bound periodicals area is considered oversize, as it may have be shelved separate from compact shelving.  What is considered oversize with bound volumes?  A cataloger in our tech services said anything over 30 cm (11.8 inches).  By that definition, according to my student employee, Economist magazine is oversize, which does not seem right to me.  Anyone have any ideas?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Barbara M. Pope, MALS</p>
<p>Periodicals/Reference Librarian</p>
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