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Subject: Re: Bindery & Electronic Journals -- Terry Schiissler
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:11:09 -0500
From: Dena Luce <dluce@faulkner.edu>

I have posted my answers below each question.

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Subject: Bindery & Electronic Journals
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:08:12 -0600
From: Terry Schiissler <Terry.Schiissler@uregina.ca>

Hello fellow SERIALSTers,

Many libraries are able to access journals electronically, or  have
journals within their collections included in many of the electronic
databases,  now available (either through a consortial arrangement or
through outright purchase).

My question is - how has this affected your bindery or pre-bindery
operations?

---This is not affected our bindery.  We have only cancelled a handful
of
titles over the last few years because of electronic versions.  We have
picked up as many or more titles for bindery as we've added new titles
to
our collection.

Have you maintained your bindery budget at the same levels or at
reduced levels?

---We have maintained the same level until this year; our institution is
facing some cutbacks and we may not see all of the money that was
allotted.

Do you still bind materials that are now being received in an
electronic format?

---We do not receive very many, if any, titles in print that are also
fulltext on the databases.  We can't afford to have duplication.

Are you giving any thought to stop binding altogether?

---No, certainly not.  While this may be something we'll have to
consider in
the future, we do receive many titles that are not available
electronically
or in any format other than print.  We bind items that receive heavy
usage
and/or titles that we want to preserve for content.

Are you using the bindery operation for monographic rebinds only now
that many journals are available electronically?

---No,  we bind periodicals as well as monographs.

Have you had time and the labour/staff to be able to verify what should
or should not be bound because of journals being available
electronically?

---I do most of the verification for bindery titles.  As mentioned
above, we
do not receive titles in print that are also fulltext.

Are there any other bindery questions I should be thinking of because
of journals now being received in electronic form?

---The one thing to consider with electronic format is the ever-changing
holdings per vendor.  We have made collection development decisions
based on
titles available in fulltext.  Should some of the titles that we
cancelled
in print be withdrawn from a fulltext database, we'll have to decide
whether
to resubscribe to the print and therefore to figure in the cost of
binding
if that title was bound previously.

---Another basic rule that we follow is not to bind any title who's
content
will be outdated within a short period of time, such as technology
titles.
We generally keep these for a 5-10 year span and discard when the time
comes.  Similarly, popular titles (e.g. Southern Living) are keep for a
few
years only and then discarded.  We have really cut down our binding to
titles that heavily support the curriculum.

---I hope this helps.  I'll be glad to see what feedback others have to
share.
I do not know if I can summarize for the list and am hoping the replies
can be posted to the list.

Many thanks in advance for all your thoughts

Terry Schiissler
Subscription Supervisor
Dr. John Archer Library
Library Serials Department
University of Regina
Regina, SK
Canada    S4S 0A2
Telephone - (306) 585-4409
FAX - (306) 585-4868
mailto:Terry.Schiissler@URegina.ca