From: Platkowski, Melissa
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:21 PM
To: 'SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum'
Subject: RE: tracking usage of current print journal issues
We have kind of an old-school solution to this problem, but it works pretty nicely for our not-so-huge collection. We don’t barcode our journals themselves, we put a
barcode on a by-title file card in an old card catalog. When the workers reshelve the item, they scan the barcode from the file card. We have that barcode associated with the item record in our ILS. We do this for microfilm, too. It cuts down on the barcoding,
since you only do it when you add a new print title, which we haven’t done in at least a year.
When we deselect a title, we pull the barcode and delete the item record, and bib record if there are no attached purchase orders. If there are attached purchase orders,
we put in a holdings note that says PO Attached, cannot delete, and we suppress the whole record from public display.
Melissa Platkowski
Electronic Resources Librarian
David A. Cofrin Library
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
P: (920) 465-2764
F: (920) 465-2136
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
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On Behalf Of Kathleen Dougherty
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:57 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] tracking usage of current print journal issues
Hi,
I’m a new serials librarian. We are barcoding our bound journal issues for inventory and statistical purposes. But with current issues, we'll be deleting those individual barcodes
once they are bound and replacing them with one for the bound volume, and would therefore lose the stats associated with those barcodes. I’d be interested to hear how other libraries handle this issue.
Thanks.
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Kate Dougherty
Electronic Resources & Government Documents Librarian
Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library
Southern University at New Orleans
6400 Press Drive
New Orleans, LA 70126
504-286-5222