We also keep track of serials usage this way.  We are a small
university, just under 2000 students.

I use this information often when deciding to cancel a title.

We also put up signs not to reshelve, and I emphasize this when giving
library tours, but there isn't a good way to tell how often the students
try to be 'helpful.'  Plus I'm not entirely convinced that all of our
student workers are diligent in recording these stats.

Cindy Lafferty
Librarian Assistant
University of Saint Francis
clafferty@sf.edu
260-434-7454

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We use the low-tech way of putting slashes in a 3-ring binder notebook
printout of our titles, and count them at the end of the quarter. It's
less complicated than using a barcode solution. We are a medium-sized
institution with less than 2000 fte. I doubt if that would work for a
large university. The info is invaluable. We put signs up for patrons
not to reshelve, but of course some do. I t give an idea anyway.
Carol Morse

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Address:
Walla Walla College Library
Periodicals Dept.
104 S. College Ave.
College Place, WA  99324-1159

Carol Morse
Serials Librarian morsca@wwc.edu
509) 527-2684; fax 509) 527-2001
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>>> ipsilion@MAC.COM 12/6/2004 12:18:02 PM >>>
Hello All,

I'm the Evening/Serials Assistant at Bennington College, and a student
at Simmons College (where I'm getting my MLIS).  As part of my
coursework at Simmons, and because it's of interest considering my
position at Bennington, I've been studying Serials Usage studies.
Currently I'm working on a Research Proposal on this topic - which I'm
hoping to implement at Bennington if possible, as we currently do not
have a method of measuring Serials Use.  As you can imagine, I've done
quite a lot of research on the topic - but I'd be interested to hear
if/how other libraries address the issue of measuring Serials Use -
particularly in libraries that have a non-circulating collection.

Thanks for your input!

Best Regards,

Christina J. Jedziniak
Evening Serials Assistant
Bennington College