We've decided not to continue binding any of our serial titles which are
included in JSTOR.  For larger and wealthier libraries, it might be
practical to keep bound print copies as backup, but for us it simply isn't
cost effective to do so.  (Our college is a small private institution with
between 600-700 students.

--
Werner A. Lind
Reference Librarian
Bluefield College
3000 College Dr.
Bluefield, VA 24605
<wlind@MAIL.BLUEFIELD.EDU>

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>