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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:58:51 -0500
From: GERRE WESCOTT <WESCOTT@LYCOMING.EDU>
Subject: Re: Serials module to kardex (Rachel Hollis)

oh, yes-yes-yes!!!  My feelings exactly - not those of my superiors yet.

I *love* my kardex, it is a thing of beauty.

I can make changes easily if a title goes from bi-monthly to monthly or
a quarterly has five issues a year.

White-out takes care of any inadvertant mistakes on my part.

Continuing issue numbers with or without a volume number, monthly,
quarterly, whatever pose no hardships

Duplicate Exchange
Snowden Library
Lycoming College
700 College Place
Williamsport PA 17701-5192

"Meddle not with dragons for thou art crunchy and taste good with
catsup"

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:49:12 PST
From: 5704P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
Subject: serials module to kardex

Has any library considered, investigated or actually migrated from the
serials module to kardex?  there are murmuring here about investigating
just such a move.  while the serials module makes claiming easier (once
the reports are properly written), handy information is available to
patrons in the form of the "latest issues note/599 field" and for sites
using the feature, additions in the form of item records and holdings
information can be really easy, the amount of time it takes to manage the
system is viewed as unbearable by some of the managers here.  also
maintenance of the records and check-in is about twice as time consuming
and we simply do not have the staff available to maintain and manage the
module.  it seems that we do have the staff to manage and maintain a
kardex.  i'm not sure if the management wants to make the staff fit the
services or the services fit the staff. what i know is that a strong voice
is advocating going back to the kardex and the director has lately asked
me some pointed questions about what the module really does for the
library.  i'd like to know if we are the first to consider such a move.

cheers,

Rachel Hollis, Serials Librarian   _/    _/   _/_/_/    _/_/_/
Naval Postgraduate School         _/_/  _/   _/   _/  _/_/
Monterey California              _/  _/_/   _/_/_/       _/
5704p@vm1.cc.nps.navy.mil       _/    _/   _/       _/_/_/

http://web.nps.navy.mil/%7erahollis