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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:59:42 +1000
From: Heather Ashworth <h.ashworth@NEPEAN.UWS.EDU.AU>
To: SEREDIT@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: Serials management in a centralized Technical Services environment (Mary Smith)

Dear Mary,

We are a university with 3 campuses that has a library at each location. At
present our technical services (Cataloguing, Acquisitions and Serials) area
is centralised at the main library. We distribute all serial issues and
bound volumes from here. All functions are carried out by the serials staff
- we bind, claim, order and accession all the serial titles for all 3 sites.
We have a total of 4 staff - Serials Librarian, 2 Library Technicians and an
Assistant Library Technician. Together we manage approximately 3500
subscription titles and approx. 2500 non-current titles.
We have an automated library system - DRA, we use all functionality
(check-in, ordering, invoicing, claiming) except the binding. Our binder has
supplied us with a software program for this, which is great.

The staff at the other libraries send us issues to bind, we process and send
to the binder by overnight courier. When the volumes are complete, they are
returned by overnight courier to us. We then process them ready to be
shelved, then distribute to the appropriate location.

Our University operates an inter-campus courier, they deliver mail and
stores supplies around the campus as well as picking up and delivering
library materials to each site.
When we are ready to distibute new material, staff in technical services
pack it in crates (these are plastic and have handles) put a label on it
saying where its going and leave it on the library dock for collection.

>>From 1998, all law serials are going to be processed at a new location (we
are building a new library on a new site, this will replace one of the other
libraries on completion). All the law serials will be delivered there, the
staff member will accession, claim and bind all these titles (approx 1100
titles). It will be interesting to see how this works out.

Our service target is to have the new serial issues available within 48
hours of receipt. This actually happens 99% of the time.

Hope this helps.

Heather Ashworth.

At 02:21 PM 7/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Serialsters,
>
>The Nova Southeastern University Libraries are preparing to centralize =
>Technical Services functions, including serials/bindery.  Technical =
>Services staff from the Main and Health Professions libraries, who are =
>currently located in their respective libraries on campus, will be =
>moving to the Law Library, where centralized Technical Services will be =
>located.  Could those of you who are in similar situations please share =
>with me your recommendations and/or observations on handling serials =
>receipt, check-in, and bindery for the "off-site" libraries?  Do you =
>receive all serials at the central site, and route to off-site =
>destinations, or is check-in done "on location"?  How do you handle =
>bindery prep for remote libraries?  Any and all comments welcomed!   =
>TIA,
>
>Mary Paige Smith
>Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services
>Nova Southeastern University Law Library
>3305 College Avenue
>Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314
>(954) 262-6213 (voice)
>(954) 262-3840 (FAX)
>smithm@nsu.law.nova.edu
>
>
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Heather Ashworth
Library Technician - Serials
Ward Library
University of Western Sydney, Nepean.
PO Box 10, KINGSWOOD  NSW  2747  AUSTRALIA
PH. + 61 2 9852-5894      FAX: +61 2 9852-5940
EMAIL: h.ashworth@nepean.uws.edu.au
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