I appreciate everyone's very thoughtful and thorough information. I am
always amazed (though I shouldn't be) at the time people are willing to
put into messages and thereby provide comprehensive replies.
If others want to post about this, I'll always be interested, but I
think I have enough perspectives and experiences to consider at this
point--and I am encouraged now. The trepidation factor has been eradicated.
Connie Foster

Laura Vogler wrote:
> We are currently in the process of barcoding our bound volumes and we are
> doing this with the aid of our student workers.  There are several
> reasons we have decided to take on this project - we have the help, for
> use statistics, we have decided to allow a 48 hour check-out.  It
> will also allow me to keep closer track of what we have in our
> collection.
>
> We are about 2,000 volumes into a 20,000 volume
> collection and we started last August using one student.  I am not in
> a hurry so don't feel compelled to complete this enormous project right
> away.  I figure if we just start chipping away at it it will get done
> eventually.  We shelve our volumes in alpha order.  We are not
> currently barcoding current unbound issues and anything we keep for a
> limited time (such as all of our JSTOR titles).  I will address those
> issues in the future.
>
> Regards,
> Laura
>
>
>
>
> : With some trepidation I ask about advantages or disadvantages of
>
> : embarking on a project to barcode and give item ids and possibly
> spine
> : labels to our periodical collection, which currently is
> simply shelved
> : in alpha order with no tracking capabilities. My
> sense is that
> : statistics would be useful but I'm not sure the
> impact of such a project
> : is worth that one asset?
> :
> Appreciate experiences or advice for those who have considered or moved
>
> : in that direction. Unless others are interested, you can reply
> directly
> : to me.
> : Many thanks.
> : Connie Foster
> :
>
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> Laura Vogler
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>
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>
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Connie Foster, Professor and Head, Dept. of Library Technical Services
Western Kentucky University Libraries
Editor, Serials Review
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11067
Bowling Green KY 42101-1067
connie.foster@wku.edu  tel:270-745-6151 fax:270-745-3958

	"Creating Information Possibilities"

	TopSCHOLAR™ http://digitalcommons.wku.edu

Electronic submission for authors at http://ees.elsevier.com/serrev
http://sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913