One problem that we have encountered is that some titles do not send us any issues until we claim them. We may go three or four months without receiving any issues, but when we claim them, they send the whole batch. For the past couple of years we also seem to have dropped of the radar for some titles. We will get them routinely, and then all of a sudden, they stop. Once we claim them, they start again. We also have found that Ad Age weeklies are rather unpredictable. We probably get half of them, but since we do not retain weeklies as long, we are not as concerned about them. -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum on behalf of Blackwell, Lisa Sent: Mon 1/26/2009 8:40 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Claiming not worth it? (RE: [SERIALST] futile claiming) Hi Guys, The only caveat I would add to this is to consider whether or not your library's mission includes an archival mandate. I know that this probably applies more to special libraries but, for example, our library (hospital library) is also the pediatric repository for all subject related materials for the Ohio State University Libraries. This also means that as a member of the OhioLINK consortium we are probably one of the only, if not the only, library in Ohio with this mandate because many hospital libraries are not academically affiliated and if they are they aren't pediatric hospitals. So, I do not think that we will discontinue claiming. I have sometimes purchased back issues (and we do scour BackMed regularly) to try to close gaps. We always post-bind incomplete volumes in the hopes that eventually we will find a replacement. Labor intensive? Yes, but, as previously noted serving as the archive for a research institution is something that I consider extremely important to the successful fulfillment of our particular library's mission. Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Pennington, Buddy D. [mailto:penningtonb@UMKC.EDU] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 5:09 PM Subject: Re: Claiming not worth it? (RE: [SERIALST] futile claiming) We figured you would say something sooner or later. :-) I want to second Rick's thought on this. When I started 5 years ago here at UMKC, we were still working under the banner of "must have complete bound volumes!" We had some issues that had a claim history of seven, eight or nine claims stretching back two or even three years. That was quickly scrapped in favor of a simple "three claims and out" model. We claim up to three times (we use Swets). After the third unsuccessful claim, we mark the issue unavailable and simply bind incomplete. We've chosen to reduce time spent on claiming print issues in favor of spending that time better maintaining access to our electronic journals. Buddy Pennington Serial Acquisitions Librarian University of Missouri - Kansas City 800 East 51st Street Kansas City, MO 64110 Phone: 816-235-1548 Fax: 816-333-5584 Email: penningtonb@umkc.edu UMKC University Libraries: Discovery. Knowledge. Empowerment. -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Anderson Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:23 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Claiming not worth it? (RE: [SERIALST] futile claiming) Those who are finding claiming to be frustrating may want to consider doing away with routine claiming altogether. I realize that sounds crazy, but if you do a rigorous cost/benefit analysis you may be surprised at how little benefit you end up getting from your investment in the claiming process for most titles. Just a thought. (And one that some of you are probably surprised it took me this long to share.) --- Rick Anderson Assoc. 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