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>From kkolatun@M-NET.ARBORNET.ORG Fri Oct 20 16:37:39 2000
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 13:27:58 -0400
From: . . <kkolatun@M-NET.ARBORNET.ORG>
Subject: Re: Sports Illustrated (Lynne Stevens)

Was the fall/winter issue of Newsweek 17a?  I couldn't find any
enumeration on it anywhere.

Lynne said:

> Our collective thanks to Newsweek, who primed us for this by sending us
> issue 17A last week!
>
> Lynne N. Stevens
> Serials Coordinator
> Lipscomb Library
> Randolph-Macon Woman's College
> 2500 Rivermont Avenue
> Lynchburg, VA  24503
> 804 947-8133
> lstevens@rmwc.edu
>

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>From lstevens@RMWC.EDU Fri Oct 20 16:37:39 2000
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 14:22:58 -0400
From: Lynne Stevens <lstevens@RMWC.EDU>
Subject: Newsweek

The Fall/Winter issue of Newsweek (the special issue on babies) put the
volume and issue number (17A) in the masthead in the bottom right corner of
page 3.

I have called enough periodical publishers (journals, magazines, academic,
commercial, whatever) about volume and issue numbers to realize that they
consider enumeration something between an oddity and a nuisance.  Most of
them don't really use it and seem genuinely bewildered that it matters to
anyone for any reason.  I try to explain about automated library systems and
claiming, but they obviously consider that -- and me -- to be very strange
indeed.

I suppose, having done serials for seven years, that I am!  What else is
there for an obssessive-compulsive perfectionist to do that is useful?
(Other than keeping our home video collection in alphabetical order, that
is.  If you're on this list, I bet yours are!)  (BTW, don't respond to the
list agreeing with that -- would clutter up the list & we all know we're
like that anyway.)

Lynne N. Stevens
Serials Coordinator
Lipscomb Library
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, VA  24503
804 947-8133
lstevens@rmwc.edu