Good morning:

We have used the Thermabind product for some time now.  However, I caution
you that the price for the binders TRIPLED for us last year.  It's almost
more cost effective to have our journals commercially bound.

April

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               April Dain / Serials Coordinator
               Nicholson Library / Linfield College
               900 SE Baker St. Unit A522
               McMinnville, OR  97128
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--On Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:51 PM -0400 "Duhon, Lucy C"
<LDuhon@UTNET.UTOLEDO.EDU> wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> Over the past couple of years our commercial binding budget has been
> reduced by about 80%.  To address this problem, we've begun to
> "Therm-A-Bind" more titles (we had always used this method to store
> incomplete volumes but now we're using our existing supplies to
> permanently store some titles).  We've also begun to store some titles
> in Princeton files (this works well for shorter and thicker issues --
> especially ones we don't intend to shelve for more than a few years).
>
> For Therm-A-Binding, we use a "ThermaBind GBC 2000 XT" machine from
> General Binding Corporation (I think we paid about $375 for it a few
> years ago, when we replaced our older machine).  It can bind units up to
> 2" thick in the spine.  Expect to pay about $1 per binding cover (these
> range from less than 1" to 2" in spine width).  The spine contains
> adhesive.
>
> Our bindery specialist employs student assistants (at up to $6 per hour)
> to help her "thermabind" volumes.  A student assistant can probably bind
> about 10-12 units per hour (including collating and labeling).
>
> Princeton file boxes range in price from about $3 to $5 per box,
> depending on the quantity ordered.
>
> I want to add that for the shrinking percentage of titles not
> perpetually available to us online we still prefer to commercially bind;
> we use the methods I mention above mostly for semi-permanent handling of
> material -- for limited retention titles, lower use titles, etc.  I
> think that commercial binding is still a very good deal for the quality
> product you get.
>
> I hope this gives you some idea of the cost comparison you're looking
> for.
>
> - Lucy Duhon.
>
>
> Lucy Duhon
> Serials Librarian
> Carlson Library/Serials Dept.
> University of Toledo
> Toledo, OH  43606
>
> (Mail Stop # 509)
>
> (419) 530-2838
> (419) 530-2726 [fax]
> lucy.duhon@utoledo.edu
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeff Flynn
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:54 AM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] In-house binding
>
> Does anyone have experience with in-house binding? We are thinking
> binding some of our miscellaneous materials in the library instead of
> sending them out to our commercial bindery. Any info on equipment,
> labor, savings...would be appreciated.
>
>
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