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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:00:16 -0600
From: Diana M Schaubhut <dms01@GNOFN.ORG>
Subject: Re: Serial Records cards (Rachel Ben-Eliezer)

I still use cards, too. I also like to make notes on the card and I like
being able to carry it out to the stacks with me.
Diana

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On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Marcia Tuttle wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:52:09 +0200
> From: Rachel Ben-Eliezer <rachelb@MOFET.MACAM98.AC.IL>
> Subject: Serial Records cards
>
> Dear Peter
>
> No one is going to convince me to give up my "SERIAL RECORDS CARDS"  I
> work in a small college library. Our serials dept. has about 600 journals.
> We have been fully computerized for around 6 years, but....
>
> 1.All serial records pre 1992 are not in the computer.
>
> 2. I find it very difficult to do claims through the computer (it could be
> our software program ALEPH)
>
> 3. I like writing odd information and notes about each periodical on the
> card, which I can see at first glance without "travelling" from one screen
> to the next.
>
> I would be most surprised to hear that there are still libraries using
> cards.
>
> We are an extinct species, or at least a dying breed!
>
> Rachel Ben-Eliezer
> Serials Librarian
> DAVID YELLIN TEACHERS COLLEGE LIBRARY
> Jerusalem, ISRAEL
>
> E-Mail:rachelb@mofet.macam98.ac.il
>