Lilah -

We do not check in the two newspapers we get daily (and never have).  In addition, we have stopped checking in a few selected titles that we keep only temporarily - the New Yorker, Chronicle of higher education, London review of books and a few others.

There's been no downside to it at all.  These are titles that our patrons just go to look for - they don't look in the catalog to see recent receipts.  Items get to the shelves quicker, our patrons are happy, and we waste no time checking in and un-checking in when we discard.

Evalyn

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Knox, Lilah Mittelstaedt
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:23 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Daily check ins

All,

Does everyone check in daily newspapers or is it common practice to not
do so?  I recall people talking on this list about not checking in any
periodicals at all, but I would rather hear from someone who does check
things in but has made a decision to not check in certain titles due to
the daily chore.

Thanks!

Lilah

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