Dear Jason,
I would catalog and shelve this item in the way that would maximize usage, which in our library would be as a monographic series. Otherwise, why go through the effort of cataloging it?
Regards,
Ellen Rothbaum, MS, AHIP
Assistant Director
Daniel Carroll Payson Medical Library
Voice: 516 562 4324
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Subject: [SERIALST] Cataloging and shelving single journal issues
Hello,
A staff member recently posed an interesting question. We were donated a copy of a journal composed or stories and poems. It's just one issue, and we have no others. She would like this individual copy added to our collection, and asked if it should be cataloged and shelved with the periodicals or books.
My first inclination would be since it's a periodical, it should be cataloged and shelved with the periodicals. Are there any good arguments for shelving a single journal issue with a general collection of books?
Thank you for your insights.
Jason Skoog
Archivist and Systems Librarian
Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
608-796-3262
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