5 messages: (1)------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 13:08:22 -0400 From: "Martin, Amanda" <AMartin@aarp.org> Subject: RE: [SERIALST] daily newspapers We check in daily newspapers with the Cuadra Star ILS. I've found it very practical because it's a solid record that they were in fact received. Once they're out on the floor, it's another story on whether they stick around or walk away. Thanks, Amanda Martin Serials Coordinator Research Information Center (RIC) AARP Library amartin@aarp.org 202-434-6245 FAX 202-434-6408 AARP 601 E Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20049 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Dausch Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:14 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] daily newspapers I just returned from the excellent NASIG conference in Denver and in the midst of the excitement forgot to ask attendees the question my bosses sent me to ask: does anybody electronically check-in daily newspapers, either print or e-versions? we are trying to figure out if this is something that would be worth doing at all of our 75 library branches or if it is completely impractical. Thanks for any responses. Linda S. Dausch Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian Technical Services Chicago Public Library 400 S State St., 9S-18 Chicago, IL 60605 tel. 312.747.4660 cell. 773.750.5088 fax. 312.747.4667 ldausch@chipublib.org (2)------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 12:15:33 -0500 From: "Koller, Rita" <koller@lakeforest.edu> Subject: RE: [SERIALST] daily newspapers Linda, Being a samll academy library (1400 students) our staff is small too. We depend heavily on student help. They have enough to do dealing with checking in the print journals and other Tech Services .A few years back, we did check in the print. It was too time consuming. If you have a lot of students to help you, go for it. Rita Koller Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois (3)------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 12:17:40 -0500 From: "Bennett, Karla" <KBennett@wichita.gov> Subject: RE: [SERIALST] daily newspapers Here in Wichita we check in the newspapers that come to the main branch before sending them to General Reference where they are available to the public, except the local papers and Wall Street Journal. This enables us to track receipt and notice any lapses in service. We subscribe to many papers through a subscription agent and sometimes the newspapers raise their rates and the subs expire before the date the agency has on record. Our branches record their own receipt (not in our system) of the Wichita papers, Wall Street Journal, and ValueLine and contact me if there is a problem. (4)------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 13:33:40 -0400 From: "Freisatz, Dawn M" <FREISADM@Cobleskill.edu> Subject: RE: [SERIALST] daily newspapers We do check in our daily newspapers electronically in our opac. It is easier to check them in (only takes a second) than to sort through and separate the weekly papers from the daily ones when the mail comes. Our weekly ones are also checked in electronically. Dawn Freisatz Van Wagenen Library SUNY Cobleskill 142 Schenectady Ave Cobleskill, NY 12043 (518)255-5841 freisadm@cobleskill.edu (5)------------------ Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 12:29:19 -0500 From: "Pennington, Buddy D." <penningtonb@umkc.edu> Subject: RE: [SERIALST] daily newspapers Hi Linda, We do a combo thing here. We do check in a handful of newspapers in our Innovative system (the Kansas City Star, New York Times, etc.). Other regional papers are still being done on cards. When I worked at the Kansas City Public Library, we did all of our newspaper checkins in a binder. We printed out monthly sheets listing all the newspapers (we received about 50 of them) with boxes for the days. NOTE that this was for the newspapers at our central branch. I have to admit it was easier and faster to do the binder than to check in online. However, at Kansas City Public, we had a public periodicals service desk so it was easy for staff to check the binder to see if a particular issue had arrived. We aren't so fortunate here at UMKC so our logic is to do online checkin for the major daily papers that people are always asking for. Folks at the circulation desk can check the OPAC to see if they have arrived. The other papers aren't used as heavily so we use the faster method of checking in on cards. For your particular situation (75 branches!?) I would say that it would probably be impractical to check all those newspapers in online for all those locations. At the Kansas City Public Library, the periodicals and newspapers were not checked in at the branches. It was up to the branch managers to eyeball their periodicals shelves and let the central Serials Department know if any titles were not being received. It was easy enough for them to have a list of the current titles and have someone just check the shelves every couple of weeks. The more "energetic" managers set up checkin systems using Excel or binders but none of them were using true checkin records in the ILS system. Hope that helps. And yes, NASIG was excellent (as usual!!). Buddy Pennington Serial Acquisitions Librarian UMKC - University Libraries 800 E. 51st Street Kansas City, MO 64110 816-235-1548 816-333-5584 (fax) penningtonb@umkc.edu UMKC University Libraries: Connecting Learners to the World of Knowledge www.umkc.edu/lib
