Hello Barbara,
Our guidelines for quarto, aka oversized, are about the same-28 cm or more. Our old bound issues of the Economist are oversized from v. 1-139 (1940, when presumably it became necessary to save paper during wartime). Hope this helps.
--Jennifer
Jennifer L. van Sickle M.L.S.
Serials Librarian & Sciences Coordinator
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT USA 06106
860-297-2250 phone
860-297-2251 fax
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of bpope
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:45 AM
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Subject: [SERIALST] oversize
Hello, everyone out there in Serials-land.
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?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Barbara M. Pope, MALS
Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Axe Library
Pittsubrg State University
1701 S. Broadway
Pittsburg KS 66762
620-235-4884