Few years ago when we're audited by the State, the auditor asked me to demonstrate to her the records that show we have received the orders in full we prepaid Faxon and other vendors. She was satisfied when she saw our workflow and the check-in records online. Accountability costs money but it may cost us more if we don't meet this public demand. Clement Clement Chu-Sing Lau Assistant Director for Technical Services and Administration University of Baltimore School of Law Library LC420A, 1415 Maryland Ave. Baltimore, Maryland 21201 U.S.A. 410-837-4592 (voice) 410-837-4656 (fax) cclau@ubalt.edu http://law.ubalt.edu/lawlib/index.html -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of van Sickle, Jennifer Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:28 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Eliminating Periodicals Check-in Our faculty would definitely speak up, though asking for the latest print copy of a journal is now a rare occurrence. Most of our journal inquiries from faculty and students are about online subscription status or access problems. The students assume everything is online. --Jennifer Jennifer van Sickle Serials Librarian & Sciences Coordinator Trinity College Library 300 Summit St. Hartford, CT USA 06106 jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu phone: 860-297-2250 fax: 860-297-2251 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Ian Woodward Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:49 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Eliminating Periodicals Check-in Your should not assume your constituency would necessarily speak up. IW I. Woodward Serials Office Colgate University Libraries Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, N.Y. 13346 Ph.: 315-228-7306 Fax: 315-228-7029 Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm -- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves. - T.S. Eliot -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of van Sickle, Jennifer Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:16 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Eliminating Periodicals Check-in On a related note, if print subscriptions lapsed for long periods of time and no one noticed, that would make a case for cancellation. --Jennifer Jennifer van Sickle Serials Librarian & Sciences Coordinator Trinity College Library 300 Summit St. Hartford, CT USA 06106 jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu phone: 860-297-2250 fax: 860-297-2251 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah Hartman-Caverly Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 1:55 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Eliminating Periodicals Check-in Prior to my employment, a decision was made to stop checking in what we designate as "popular" periodicals (ie Vogue, Time, etc.) and a handful of our lesser-used journals. My understanding is that this decision was made because 1) serials were increasingly moving online, so technical services staff were not as concerned with ensuring that we had print copies in our periodical room and 2) checking in serials was considered a 'waste of time'. I've since reinstated the normal check-in protocol for all paid subscriptions. One of the major reasons was that a number of our periodical subscriptions had lapsed for years despite regular annual payment of renewal fees and no one had noticed because the issues were not being checked in. In addition to this and claim considerations, our public services librarians have expressed a strong preference for knowing exactly what issues have arrived and when. Lastly, as print subscriptions are supplanted by electronic ones, we've had less work in the serials workflow to be performed by students. Our department has consistently underspent its student employment budget for the past few years, and reinstating the check-in procedure for all paid subscriptions has helped maintain the availability of student work in our department. -Sarah Hartman-Caverly Sarah Hartman-Caverly | Library Assistant - Serials 610-526-5297 | 610-526-7480 facsimile | shartmanca@brynmawr.edu Canaday Library | Bryn Mawr College 101 N. Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilma Dague" <wdague@BENEDICTINE.EDU> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 12:12:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Eliminating Periodicals Check-in I don't understand why you would want to eliminate check in? How would you know what you have or what you need to claim? Best regards, Wilma Weant Dague Serials Coordinator Benedictine College Library 1020 North 2nd St. Atchison, KS 66002 (913) 360-7610 wdague@benedictine.edu )
