Subject:  Re: inventory in periodicals
From:  "Stokes, Judith" <JStokes@ric.edu>
Date:  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 14:40:17 -0400

If microform inventory records contain fiche by fiche and reel by reel
information, but the catalog compresses that information into inclusive
holdings statements, your institution may be maintaining the inventory
for insurance purposes, as well as statistical reporting.

Judith Stokes, Serials Librarian
James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College
Providence, RI  02908
phone: (401)456-8165
email: jstokes@ric.edu