We are a small (read: slashed budget) Academic library with non-circulating periodicals.  We used to bind our periodicals but that practice was stopped in early 2000’s I believe (definitely long before I started here in 2010) because of cost and quality issues.  Our old LIFE magazines were moved into our Main – circulating – collection during a weeding project a few years back since we had stopped subscribing to that title at end of 1999.

This week our Archivist came to me with about 2 dozen loose LIFE magazine from 1940 and 1941 she found stuck in some cabinet; our guess is they were never bound because there are missing issues throughout this run.  We would like to add these with the rest of the LIFE magazine into our circulating collection, but as you can guess because of the age they are fairly fragile.  I think our best option is to put them in individual Magazine Binder/Covers and tag/barcode the cover and leave the magazine itself “intact”.

I am looking for rigid (at least 1 side) covers that have a rod down the center, preferably locking, that can fit a 14H x 10.5W magazine.  I am having a very hard time finding something that meets all the criteria.  I’ve checked DEMCO, GAYLORD, and Brodart and most are either too small or have flexible covers – not rigid – and wouldn’t be able to stand on the shelves.

Does anyone have recommendations on magazine cover/binders that they like and meet these criteria?  Or even some other suggestions on the best way to process these old issues into our collection? 

Thanks so much!

Nancy

Nancy A. Bennett

Electronic Resources & Systems Librarian

Carroll University Todd Wehr Memorial Library

100 N. East Ave.

Waukesha, WI  53186

(262)650-4886

nbennett@carrollu.edu