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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:11:25 -0700
From: Gretchen Olson <olson@LCLARK.EDU>
Subject: Bindery Schedule
We are inhouse binding still, but have taken the strategy of receiving
alot of our titles on microfilm/fiche also. The film/fiche usually
arrives 6-18 mos after the publication date, depending on the title.
Having the material on film/fiche solves the problem of missing issues
and the necessity of binding holding up for an extended period of time.
One of the key issues you face if you rely on the online for your
archiving is that you don't own the issues- you simply have access to
them online. So, if you rely on the online for your archiving and
dispose of your hardcopy volumes, what do you do when the publisher
starts raising the access rates through the ceiling? They would really
have you over a barrel if you rely on the online as your sole
archiving- and what happens if you don't have the budget? Just a few
issues to consider.
Gretchen Olson
Serials Specialist
Aubrey Watzek Library
Lewis & Clark College
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR 97219
<olson@LCLARK.EDU>
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:42:58 -0500
From: Sarah Tusa <Tusa@ALMARK.LAMAR.EDU>
Organization: Lamar University
Subject: Journal binding
Hi,
I normally respond to the individual who posted the query, and not to
the list, but since this discussion is already in progress, I will throw
my two-cents in here.
I have never heard of the notion that print journals are only expected
to last for a matter of months. We have several very old journals for
whose articles we still get Interlibrary Loan requests. Sure, a lot of
periodicals backfile is available online now, but not every library can
afford to pay for databases such as JSTOR, especially when it duplicates
much of what they already have in their stacks. (Sure, eventually more
of us will free up the shelf space and subscribe to more aggregate
electronic journal collections, but right now many of us are still
binding the paper journals we have, and though usage of print materials
is declining as more of the budget goes into electronic databases,
people are still using the old bound journals, which by the way have not
crumbled into pieces yet, except for certain grades of paper.)
I'm sure binding will eventually be phased out in favor of electronic
archiving, but our annual binding budget is still less than the cost of
many electronic journal collections/databases.
Sarah Tusa
Interim Coordinator of Acquisitions
Lamar University
fax: 409-880-8225
tel: 409-880-8125
email: Tusa@almark.lamar.edu
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:45:19 -0500
From: Susan Andrews <Susan_Andrews@TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Bindery & Copiers
With regard to the first question, we have decided (although not actually
started to do it) that when we need to save budget money and want to save a
few journal subscriptions, we will start to not bind titles that have good
reliable archiving online. I actually don't have a problem with this idea.
You can still keep the issues in paper, but you save the binding money and
use it where it might be better spent and you still have the archived
issues online. A win win situation.
As to question #2: We do have some copiers that are glass-to-the-edge.
However, it was a fluke that we do. Unfortunately, the buyer of the
copiers for this campus has nothing to do with the library and does not
bother to consult with the library, as a rule, no matter how we scream and
yell and/or plead (in spite of the fact that we get the largest number of
copiers, are the biggest users of any copiers on campus, and our use
frequently pays for most of the other copiers on campus). On the other
hand, we also have copiers that have the paper outside of the machine where
anyone can (and do) snatch a few (or many) sheets of paper at will. I wish
you luck on this problem. Our copiers are a major source of frustration to
us. At least I know that we are not alone with that problem.
I don't know if any of this is helpful to you, but at least you know that
you are not entirely alone now, either.
Susan Andrews
Head, Serials Librarian
Texas A&M University-Commerce
<Susan_Andrews@TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU>
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:12:38 -0300
From: Valerie Mickelberg <mickel@IS.DAL.CA>
Subject: Re: Bindery Schedule
Hi All:
Well I would advise you to think twice about not binding your
journals as the price of online subscriptions are on the rise. I pay
for the journals in our library and I can tell you that each year when you
renew you have to be careful of the backfile dates that are supplied as
sometimes the years of coverage change. We are still binding our
journals but of course we are in the question stage of all this on whether
to cancel our print subscription and just get the electronic. We are
testing this with one of our titles now.
In the future you may find out that the backfiles are no longer
available online or are set at a price that is your library can't
afford. Also some microfilm companies are dropping titles that
publishers don't want them to provide as they know we will be then
forced to buy their electronic. I supervise the Microform
Collection in our library and it is still being used by
researchers as not everything is available electronically. The microfilm
also has a long shelf life.
Good luck!
Mrs. Valerie Reashor
Asst. Head of Serials Unit
Dalhouse University Libraries (Killam)
Halifax, NS B3H 4H8
Phone: (902) 494-3637
(902) 494-3649
Fax (902) 494-2062
E-Mail mickel@is.dal.ca
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Max Shenk wrote:
> Here's a question for you all:
>
> We had a consultant come in this week and he was amazed that we actually
> bind as much as we do. "The half-life of a lot of these magazines is just
> 6 months to begin with," he said, "and then a lot of these periodicals are
> available in full-text online." He suggested that we make a concerted
> effort to look into what we bind unnecessarily. It got us looking in a
> different direction. Anyone else running into this? How much are you NOT
> binding because the online resources have rendered the bound volumes
> obsolete and unnecessary?
>
> Another question: how many of you have glass-to-the-edge photocopiers? Our
> consultant was amazed, appalled, even, that we do not have a
> glass-to-the-edge photocopier. (Our copiers are handled by an outside
> vendor; said vendor has graced us with snazzy new state-of-the-art digital
> copiers which jam frequently and really are not designed for the kind of
> copying or the frequency of copying the students do here.)
>
> So I guess that's TWO questions, eh?
>
> Max Shenk
> Periodicals Assistant
> Montgomery County (PA) Community College Library
> <MShenk@MC3.EDU>
>
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Glenda Alvin wrote:
>
> > Our Acquistions and Serials Departments recently merged under my
> > supervision. This is the first time I have directly supervised serials
> > and I trying to set up a bindery schedule for the periodicals. I had
> > the library assistant identify the frequency of check-in----weekly,
> > monthly, bi-monthly, etc.,
> >
> > Is there any standard schedule for when periodicals should be sent to
> > the bindery, such as all of the weeklies (e.g. Time, Newsweek) should
> > go every 3 months? I would really appreciate suggestions. Thank you.
> >
> > Glenda Alvin
> > Head, Acquisitions and Serials
> > Tennessee State University
> > Nashville, TN
> > <galvin@TNSTATE.EDU>
