Hi Mykie, 

It sounds as if the issue is that your current periodicals room is overflowing with loose issues.  I would argue that you don't necessarily have to bind your periodicals to remove them from the current periodicals area.  We only keep the current year (maybe two) on the browsing shelves in our current periodicals.  Older issues are kept with the Bound Periodicals in Princeton file boxes such as these:  http://www.demco.com/products/Library-Supplies/Shelf-Organization/Plastic-File-Cases/Large-Closed-back-File-Cases/_/A-B00168247

We bought a bulk of the transparent ones several years ago.  It did require an initial investment, but we haven't had to buy anymore since then.  To manage the space in our stacks, we have a limited retention policy for many of our print periodicals.  We only keep them for a few years, and as new years are added older years are tossed.  We have found it to be a very effective solution for us.

Cris

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On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Mykie Howard <my.howard@moreheadstate.edu> wrote:

Rick,

We’ve gone online as much as we can or as much as faculty will let us in the last 10 years.  We only have 306 print serial titles left in our current periodicals room.  30-40 of those 306 titles are “keep current x years only” (popular type) titles, of which 20 of those I added this past spring.  We don’t bind JSTOR or Project Muse titles.  Money is tight, so we cannot really replace back volumes with electronic on a wide scale.  We’ve been cut over 150K out of our budget (collections and staff) in the last couple years (and now are on performance funding from the state and could lose more $$); however, we have managed to purchase new JSTOR collections this past FY.  Being a state school, we’re obligated to be responsible with what we’ve spent state money on.  I have overflowing shelves and need to do something with them.  We could put tattle strips in each issue, but I’m sure that would be more than sending them to be bound.

 

Mykie

 

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Mykie, can you tell us why you’d rather bind than replace back volumes with online access? 

 

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Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication

Marriott Library, University of Utah

 

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Hi,

 

Could you all help me come up with reasons to continue binding periodicals?  I have some (saving money-rather than putting security strips in every issue, security, being fiscally responsible with state money, etc.), but I’m looking for more to make my case.  Last year, I was only able to send out 200 items, and my director didn’t really want me to send that much.  We have overflowing shelves and really need to send more out.

 

Thanks in advance!

Mykie

 

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Mykie Howard

Serials Librarian

Morehead State University

Camden-Carroll Library

150 University Blvd.

Morehead, KY  40351

 

my.howard@moreheadstate.edu

ph:606-783-5116

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