I would thank all of you who responded to my queries concerning use studies
of periodicals. I received 10 replies. Several ideas were suggested.
**  Tape issues shut with a small piece of tape (Keith Stetson from
Fairfield University says they were able to cancel some expensive titles
using this method)

**  Place pieces of string atop the text blocks of bound vols. (Judy
Rieke from Vanderbilt says she read about thishis

 being done successfully
 at USC Medical Lib.)

**  Several respondents mentioned closing periodical stacks and monitoring
use with an automated system of check-out

**  Univ. of Wisconsin-LaCrosse has used portable barcode readers when
reshelving (this was the method I was interested in seeing if anyone had used)
These folks will be holding a poster session at this summer's ALA conference;
Poster Session VII, Tues. July 2, 11 am-12:30 pm.

It wasn't on Serialslist, but I also just recently learned of another school
that has used portable bar code readers to record reshelving of periodicals.
I heard about it at "Serials; The Next Generation" Conference held in
Durham, NC a week or so ago. Contact Janet Kilpatrick at East Carolina
University in Greenville, NC for more info. on their method.

If anyone wants to see the full text of the more informative replies I
rec'd, I'll be glad to share them with anyone interested.

Eleanor Cook
Appalachian State University
cookei@appstate