Here at Rutgers we have a no trim policy on all our material.  Since we
don't trim the foredges we don't run the risk of cutting any folded
material.  It could be possible to ask for that volume to have "no
trim".  Another option is to fold the chart so that the fold is not near
the edge, and when it comes back from the bindery put it back to its
original state.

Ian Bogus
Rutgers University

Bolton, Karen wrote:

>Hello,
>We subscribe to the print version of Nature.  Every so often, Nature
>publishes a fold-out chart, sometimes two or three pages, as an illustration
>to an article.
>(An example is a sequence-based map of the male-specific part of the Y
>chromosome from June 19, 2003, between pages 828 and 829.) The figures are
>often an important part of the article.
>
>Anyway, it is time to bind this volume.  My binder tells me it would be best
>from a quality-control standpoint for me to remove this chart before I send
>it to them, then tip it back in when I get it back. It seems likely that the
>chart could be chopped to pieces otherwise.
>
>I wonder what you all do in a case like this. Have you had any success with
>the operation the binder suggests? What alternatives are there?
>
>Any advice is appreciated.
>
>Karen Bolton
>Serials Librarian
>bolton@msoe.edu
>
>Milwaukee School of Engineering
>Walter Schroeder Library
>1025 N. Broadway
>Milwaukee, WI
>53202-3109
>
>