I planned a shift a few years ago using a spreadsheet program, based on
information in the article  Carlson, Barbara A.  "Using Lotus 1-2-3 to shift
and maintain a serials collection"  Serials Librarian 13(4):39-58, 1987.  It
worked pretty well and I will probably use it again for a shift needed this
fall.  I would be interested in any other programs which are available.

Connie Britton
Ohio Agricultural R & D Center
Library
Wooster OH 44691
britton.4@osu.edu
(216) 263-3773

>Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 11:41:10 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Joan Ellen Stein <jc4h+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
>Does anyone know of any existing software to help do the necessary
>calculations for a collections shift?  I have heard vague information
>that such software exists.  Can anyone be more specific?  We will be
>shifting our bound periodicals collection this summer so if its out
>there, I'd like to evaluate it.  Thanks,
>
>Joan Stein
>Head, Periodicals Access
>Hunt Library
>Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
><jc4h+@andrew.cmu.edu>