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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 21:29:06 GMT
From: Susan Andrews <Susan_Andrews@TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Question concerning special editions (Andrew Leonhart)

I don't know if this applies to the Time special ed., but frequently, if it
is only one issue and not numbered, and especially if it is a different size
from the rest of the journal, I see if it lends itself to being cataloged by
itself (with appropriate links, of course).  If it is the same size as the
rest of the journal and doesn't lend itself to being cataloged by itself, I
generally try to put it in the vol. according to what order it was checked
in.  In other words, if I have v. 40 #3 checked in on 3/6/97 and a Spring
1997 issue checked in on 3/23/97 and a v. 40 #4 checked in on 4/10/97, I
will put the Spring issue between 3 and 4.  Usually this works fine,
although, as with all things serial, not always.  Sometimes you just have to
make a decision.  As to the oversize issue, that can't be cataloged by
itself, more often than not, I let the bindery deal with it.  Hope this helps.

Susan Andrews
Serials Librarian
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Susan_Andrews@tamu-commerce.edu

>Thought I'd try one more time.
>
>What do YOU do with special editions (such as the recent "TIME" special
>edition) when sending serials to the bindery?
>
>Where do YOU put it in the lineup when it is dated "Spring 1997"?
>
>What do YOU do when it's a different size than all the others?
>
>Last time I only got one response and it said, "Yes, this is a problem."
>Perhaps I should ask "Backserv"?
>
>Andrew
>