> However, many of our scholarly journals are more valuable
> than books and in many cases are irreplaceable if not claimed
> in a timely manner.

FWIW, that's one situation that we treat as an exception here at U
Nevada Reno.  While we have eliminated routine check-in of most
periodicals, we do continue to check in very expensive titles and those
few high-use, graphics-intensive titles that we intend to bind.

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