Hi everyone,

Thank you all so much, I have gotten some very helpful information!

Mykie--that was how it was previously done; however, it is somewhat confusing for our ILL and reference staff. And there are some journals that we don't bind because they are simply too big and don't need to be bound...ugh!

Thanks again!

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From: Mykie Howard [mailto:my.howard@moreheadstate.edu]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 2:31 PM
To: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum; Pierce, Bethany (Library)
Cc: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Notating bound serials in OPAC?

Yes!  It would be of great use to your patrons.  Just close your
"library has" holdings with the last bound and update it every time
you bind something for that particular title.  Then make the issues
"not display in the OPAC" in Acquisitions.  Your instruction
librarians will need to teach that what is in the "library has" is
bound and what is in the "recent issues" is unbound.  Simple.

Issues recently received: v. 36, no. 1 (2008 Jan/Feb)
Library has: v.21(1993)-v.35(2007)

Mykie Howard
Morehead State University

Quoting Bethany Pierce <bethany.pierce@BRIDGEW.EDU>:

> Good morning,
>
> I hope someone out there can help me, I'm relatively new to the serial world.
>
> Of those of you who bound your back issues, do you denote in the OPAC which
> issues are bound? We're currently using textual holdings along with the
> Voyager Serials Check-in module, so the display goes something like this:
>
> Issues recently received: v. 36, no. 1 (2008 Jan/Feb)
> Library has: v.21 (1993)-
>
> My boss would like to denote which issues are bound. I suggested making a
> non-public note in the holdings, simply for our own purposes; however, he
> thinks it may be of use to our patrons. Any thoughts? Hope this is clear!
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Bethany Pierce
> Technical Services Librarian
> Bridgewater State College
>

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Mykie Howard
Serials Librarian
Morehead State University
Camden-Carroll Library
150 University Drive
Morehead, KY  40351

my.howard@moreheadstate.edu
ph:606-783-5116

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