Rose Welton rosew@muskox.alaska.edu asked

[snip]

>  What about old, long-running serials--do
> you double-check the shelf to make sure of holdings before pitching
> cards?

What's the hurry? Are the cards toxic? What will you do when the computer
scrambles your data and you find the backup tapes have oxidized?

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
70244.1532@compuserve.com