If you want to say 30 cm you have to right it like, do not use " - that symbol means inches.
That's all.

Ra Dajkovich-Graham
Services Specialist
Periodicals and Newspapers Centre
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street,
Toronto, ON
M4W-2G8

Tel:416-393-7049  Fax:416393-7083
rdgraham@torontopubliclibrary.ca

>>> bpope <bpope@PITTSTATE.EDU> 20/06/2011 9:42 am >>>
No, I meant 30 cm=11.8 inches

There are 2.54 cm in 1 inch.  To convert cm to inches, just divide by
2.54.

Barbara Pope

On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:36:37 -0400, Radmilla Dajkovich-Graham
<rdgraham@TORONTOPUBLICLIBRARY.CA> wrote:
> You probably meant 30 cm. = 12"
>
>
> Ra Dajkovich-Graham
> Services Specialist
> Periodicals and Newspapers Centre
> Toronto Reference Library
> 789 Yonge Street,
> Toronto, ON
> M4W-2G8
>
> Tel:416-393-7049  Fax:416393-7083
> rdgraham@torontopubliclibrary.ca
>
>>>> "Martha M. Davis" <davismar@LUTHER.EDU> 15/06/2011 12:09 pm >>>
> Barbara:  If you are measuring by the Bindery ruler, 30" is the top for
> most
> journals.  I just measured ECONOMIST and a few others, and they are all
30
> by this measurement - SIGHT AND SOUND was a little bigger, but I think
some
> of the European ones are a little bigger.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> MMD
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:45 AM, bpope <bpope@pittstate.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello, everyone out there in Serials-land.
>>
>> We are looking at getting compact shelving soon.  I have been asked to
>> find
>> out how much of our bound periodicals area is considered oversize, as
it
>> may
>> have be shelved separate from compact shelving.  What is considered
>> oversize
>> with bound volumes?  A cataloger in our tech services said anything
over
>> 30
>> cm (11.8 inches).  By that definition, according to my student
employee,
>> Economist magazine is oversize, which does not seem right to me.
Anyone
>> have any ideas?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Barbara M. Pope, MALS
>>
>> Periodicals/Reference Librarian
>>
>> Axe Library
>>
>> Pittsubrg State University
>>
>> 1701 S. Broadway
>>
>> Pittsburg KS  66762
>>
>> 620-235-4884
>>
>> bpope@pittstate.edu
>>