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Subject: Re: Serials List database -- 2 messages
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:24:12 -0800
From: Fern Frusti <frusti@spawar.navy.mil>

We use a similar method. We have our list of titles and holdings in a Word
document. Changes and/or corrections are kept track in the "master" copy,
updated in the Word document as time permits, and then printed and bound
annually. We use FORMERLY, and CONTINUED BY notes under the holdings
information to help the patron follow the title changes.

Fern Frusti
SPAWAR Technical Library
San Diego, CA
frusti@spawar.navy.mil

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>Subject: Re: Serials List database -- David Goodman
>   Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:40:25 -0800
>   From: Carol Morse <MorsCa@WWC.EDU>
>
> We would feel lost without our paper list.  It's like the Bible of the
>Periodicals Dept.  It was a lot work to start it out, I'm sure.  That
>happened before I came here in 1994.  Each summer, we add all the
>modifications that I pen into the master list in red ink during the year
>into the Word Perfect file, print it out, and duplicate several copies
>it every Sept. before school starts.  The editing is minimal that way
>(as opposed to pulling it out of the catalog and having to edit out the
>garbage).  We feel the convenience to staff and patrons far outways the
>costs of maintaining and reproducing it each year.  It's easier and
>quicker to open a notebook than to load a computer program and search
>for a journal title.  In that way, it's easier on the
>patrons.
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>Carol Morse                                                  Tel.  509)
>527-2684
>Serials Librarian                                             Fax 509)
>527-2001
>Walla Walla College Library                     Email  morsca@wwc.edu
>104 S.W. Adams St.
>College Place, WA  99324-1586 Give us strength for the journey and
>wisdom to know the way.
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