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Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 14:45:18 -0500
From: Regina McBride <rmcbrid@siue.edu>
Subject: Re: Eliminating Serials check-in

Pamela:

Thank you for sharing your experience.  Did you have any difficulty
convincing other staff members that this was a good idea?

Regina

Pamela Bluh wrote:

> At the University of Maryland law library we discontinued checking in
> dailies and weeklies about 6 months ago.  We haven't had any negative
> feedback from patrons.
>
> Pamela Bluh
>
> ******************
>
> On Fri, 30 May 2003, Regina McBride wrote:
>
> > Greetings:
> >
> > As a former technical services librarian, I'm interested in learning
> > more about the possibility of discontinuing loose issue check-in.  Are
> > there any academic libraries who have done this?  Are any of you
> > considering eliminating this step?
> >
> > Any information on this topic would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Regina
> >
--
Regina McBride, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Library and Information Services
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Campus Box 1063
Edwardsville, IL  62026-1036
(618) 650-5198  Office
(618) 650-2717  Fax
rmcbrid@siue.edu

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Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 16:10:27 -0400
From: Terry Wittig <twittig@gmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Eliminating Serials check-in

Take a look at this article:
Implementing the unthinkable: the demise of periodical check-in at the
University of Nevada
Rick Anderson and Steven D. Zink
Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Spring 2003, Pages 61-71