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Just to provide a flavor of life in a very large institution,
The Ohio State University Libraries subscribes to 23,000
subscriptions resulting in the check-in of 300,000 to 400,000
pieces per year (includes microfilm and fiche).  Four full-time
serials check-in staff receive these issues on INNOVACQ, claim
some missed issues (though this is not a primary objective), and
print routing labels for the pieces.  The focus of these 4 people
is to check in vast quantities of material.  They do not engage
in significant problem-solving -- problems are referred to
others.
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Some government documents are handled through the process described
above but the majority are handled in the government documents area.
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Carol Pitts Hawks
The Ohio State University Libraries
hawks.1@osu.edu