For titles with limited holdings, we use holdings statements such as
these, "Previous year and Current Year" or "Previous 3 Volumes and
Current Volume".
I put a code of "l"(for limited holdings) in these records and once a
year in the spring, I run a list of these titles and determine what
year/volume needs to be discarded.

Frances Dixon
Serials Manager
Townsend Memorial Library
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
UMHB Station Box 8016/900 College St.
Belton, TX  76513
254-295-4643

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Susan Davis
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:28 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Question about holdings statements (Kim Garrett)

Good question!  I don't know if there is a standard for this, and if
there
is one, I'd like to know about it.

In practice, we have used "current issues" as a rather vague, catch all
phrase.  The exact nature of the "current" depends on how many issues
are
required to overflow the shelves or how frequently we can pull the older
issues.
We don't have the staff to enforce this very precisely.

We have used current year to mean issues in the current calendar year,
not
a year's worth, but current 3 months does mean the latest 3 months
worth.
We have also used the phrase "current year plus one" to mean 2004 to
date.

Good luck!  And if there is no standard, my advice is to be as
consistent
as possible and document what you've decided.

Susan

Susan Davis
Head, Electronic Periodicals Management Department
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
134 Lockwood Library
Buffalo, NY  14260-2210
(716) 645-2784
(716) 645-5955 fax
unlsdb@buffalo.edu

--On Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:12 AM -0400 Bob Persing
<persing@POBOX.UPENN.EDU> wrote:

> [Moderator note: please send replies to Kim directly, or copy her if
you
> reply to the list]
>
> Hello,
>
> I contacted BCR about this and they suggested posting the question to
> SERIALST... which I don't subscribe to.
>
> I am wondering if there is a written definition or set
> guidelines anywhere for "current issues", "current year", "current two
> years", etc.  It is my understanding that current issues equals
January
> 2005 thru present day, current year equals January 2004 through
present
> day, etc.  I just need to know if this is correct or not.
>
> As I said, I don't subscribe to the list, so if anyone would have an
> answer to this question, I would greatly appreciate a direct response.
>
> Thank you!
> Kim Garrett
> Library Assistant III, Acquisitions
> Des Moines University Library
> kim.garrett@dmu.edu <mailto:kim.garrett@dmu.edu>
>
>