We barcode each bound volume and when someone uses it we scan it. We also have a single barcode for all non-bound issues of a title so if someone used three
issues of Time, you’d scan the “current issues” barcode three times. We were also putting the little sticky dots on bound volumes. Each color would represent a different year, though it didn’t tell you how many times it was used, just that it was used.
It gives you a very general sense of what people are using and what never gets used. Of course, you run into the problem of both the dots falling off and the fact that there’s only so many colors. You tend to run out.
Abbigail Stauber
Library Technician
724.847.6693 |
acgreg@geneva.edu
From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG]
On Behalf Of Erin Gallagher
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 1:42 PM
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Subject: [SERIALST] Best option for tracking reshelving stats for non-circulating print periodicals
Good morning, collective wisdom.
For those who maintain a print serials collection (both current and bound back issues) with titles that do not circulate, how do you track usage? Do you keep re-shelving stats? If so, do you equate the reshelving of one title to one "use",
or do you use the standard multiply by three method, by which you count three "uses" each time you reshelve a single title (assuming that patrons have done their own reshelving of that title at some point)?
Or are you using a different method entirely?
We have not been tracking reshelving stats at all and are exploring ways to gauge usage of our non-circulating print serials moving forward.
Thank you in advance for sharing your advice and experiences.
Cheers,
Erin
Erin Gallagher
Director of Collection Services
Reed College Library
(503) 777-7552
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