Here's a citation to the article my boss and I wrote on eliminating
serial check-in.  I don't want to revive the long and, er, spirited
thread on this issue that arose on SERIALST a couple of years ago when
the subject first came up, but if anyone wants to contact me directly
with questions or comments about check-in, please feel free.

Also, I can email a copy of this article to anyone who doesn't have
access to it otherwise.

(And just for the record, we did this at U. Nevada Reno, not Las Vegas.)

Anderson, Rick and Steven D. Zink. "Implementing the Unthinkable: The
Demise of Periodical Check-in at the University of Nevada." Library
Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services 27 (Spring 2003):
61-71.

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Rick Anderson
Dir. of Resource Acquisition
University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
(775) 784-6500 x273
rickand@unr.edu