Right, but I need a list of published issues to know what we don't have when
comparing it to our holdings.  I'm not sure if there is a way to get this
type of information, but I remain hopeful.

Melinda J. Shedlarz

On 7/25/08, Skwor, Jeanette <skworj@uwgb.edu> wrote:
>
> I was thinking about accuracy also.
>
> If you use a list of published issues that you find somewhere, you will
> still need to compare that to what's on the shelf if you want a correct
> display of your holdings.
>
> This might be a good "switch" for a student otherwise working at checking
> online access :-)
>
>
> Jeanette L. Skwor
> Cofrin Library, Serials Dept.
> UW-Green Bay
> 2420 Nicolet Drive
> Green Bay, WI 54311
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:
> SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Wilma Dague
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:54 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Seeking sources of information for periodicals --
> list of issues published by year
>
> WE look it up on our OPAC and we also keep a card catalogue. These are not
> as accurate as actually looking at the journals though.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wilma Weant Dague
> Serials  Coordinator
> Benedictine College Library
> 1020 North 2nd St.
> Atchison, KS 66002
>
>
> (913) 360-7610
> wdague@benedictine.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:
> SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Melinda Shedlarz
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:26 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] Seeking sources of information for periodicals -- list
> of issues published by year
>
> Good afternoon all,
>
> I am in the beginning stages of an inventory of the periodical collection
> in
> the company library I manage.  I would like to create detailed records of
> our holdings, including volume and issue numbers for each serial.  I know
> that I could find this out by looking directly in each issue, but is there
> somewhere else that I might find this information? Here is what I would
> really like: a list by year of issues published for each periodical title I
> have, including the corresponding volume and/or issue number for each item.
> Is there anywhere where this information is gathered? I would so love it if
> there was, but I am not too hopeful.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Yours truly,
> Melinda J. Shedlarz
>