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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:08:56 -0600
From: judith silva <judith.silva@SRU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Binding Schedule-Thank you! (Glenda M. Alvin)

Glenda and list,
I've just been looking back through postings to SERIALST on the topic of
binding, and have rediscovered this message (below) from last October. Two
items in it piqued my curiosity, and I wonder if you, or anyone, might
comment on these.

1. Where in the online records are you placing binding frequency
information? And is there a mechanism for extracting a list of those titles?

2. What conclusions have you reached concerning ftx electronic duplication?

 We are in the process of pulling canceled titles from our current
periodicals shelves, and analyzing whether or not they all require binding.
It is tempting to discard those items for which we have full text
electronic access, but I am too aware of the possibility of that access
disappearing, for any number of reasons which have been covered on this list.
What are other libraries doing about titles that were canceled because of
electronic duplication?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts.
Judy Silva

At 12:57 PM 10/30/2001 -0500, you wrote:
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>Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:38:06 -0600
>From: "Alvin, Glenda M." <GALVIN@TNSTATE.EDU>
>Subject: Binding Schedule-Thank you!
>
> I wish to thank everyone who took the time to reply to my query concerning
>a binding schedule for periodicals.  We did not really have one and so we
>are starting from the ground up with monthly shipments.  The two most common
>pieces of advice I received was a) make sure the spine does not measure more
>than 2-3 inches in width and b) weekly periodicals should be bound every 2
>to 3 months.
>
> The bindery library assistant and I went up to the stacks (with a ruler)
>and have begun pulling the weekly and bi-weekly issues.  We are setting up
>procedures for replacing missing issues, placing binding frequency notes on
>the online records, and doing regular claiming. We are also checking to see
>which titles are full text in the library's databases and making decisions
>about how long to keep the back issues.
>
>Thanks for pointing us in the right direction.
>
>Glenda Alvin
>Coordinator, Collection Management Dept.
>Brown-Daniel Library
>Tennessee State University
>3500 John A. Merritt Blvd
>Nashville, TN 37209
>
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Judy L. Silva
Electronic Access/Serials Librarian
Bailey Library
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock, PA 16057-1326
judith.silva@sru.edu
724-738-2658