Re: Print Journal Usage DuBose, Stefanie 30 Apr 2004 17:16 UTC
We currently have barcodes assigned to each title which fills up three notebooks. The students gather the loose issues and scan the barcode for each title (multiple times for multiple issues) prior to shelving them. Right now the students use a desktop computer, and I've been trying to figure out how we could use either a laptop or palm pilot to make the work go faster but we have yet to reach an agreement on the subject, the fear being that the machines would be stolen. The idea below (affixing the barcode to the shelf) would be a fantastic solution. Stefanie Stefanie DuBose Head, Acquisitions Joyner Library East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27258-4353 (p)252-328-2598 (f)252-328-4834 duboses@mail.ecu.edu -----Original Message----- From: redhead [mailto:redhead@KSU.EDU] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 12:08 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Print Journal Usage We also barcode the bound volumes. If the volume is used in-house rather than checked out, we wand the barcode before shelfing to add a browse count. For unbound journals in the reading areas, we added the barcode to the shelf label. The item record reads "current issues". We ask that users do not reshelve so that we can have library staff (student assitants) browse the barcode (using a palm pilot) when they shelve. The information is later downloaded into our ILS. We are then able to create an access report that gives the browse and circulation counts for the specific time frame by unbound or bound or by totaling the numbers for overall use. >===== Original Message From "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum" <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> ===== >Hello, >We continually do bound journal print statistics by having bar codes in >each volume and having our students wand each volume before they shelve >them. > >We did unbound journal statistics for one year by affixing a white >multi-purpose label to the back of each print journal as it was checked >in every day. Then when the students went to shelve the journal they >made a stick mark on the label every time it was shelved. When the >journals were pulled for the bindery, the stick marks were tabulated by >journal title. These tabulations were then mounted on an Excel spread >sheet for easy statistical analysis. We used the statistics gathered to >aid in print cancellation decisions. It worked out very well. > >Lillian > >> >> at the moment we are considering how to measure the usage of our print >> journal collection. We have a journal reading room here for the current >> issues - one part of the room is presented subject focussed and is >> freely accessible by our patrons. The remaining journals are in the back >> of the room and the issues wanted have to be fetched by the enquiry >> staff located in the reading room. Now I was wondering if anyone of you >> has experiences with print journal usage analysis and is willing to >> share this with us? >> >> Thanks for your help in advance and best wishes from sunny Bremen >> (Germany)! >> >> Rachel >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Rachel Ellis >> Electronic Resources Librarian >> Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Bremen >> Postfach 33 01 60 >> 28331 Bremen >> Germany >> Tel: (0049)421-218-4902 >> Fax: (0049)421-218-2665 >> -------------------------------------------------- > > >-- >Lillian N. DeBlois, MLS >Arizona Health Sciences Library >P.O. Box 245079 >Tucson, AZ 85724 >520-626-6195 Mary Bailey redhead@ksu.edu Serials Manager Kansas State University Libraries Manhattan, KS 66506