Prof. Baker:   be assured our bar-coding is an integral part of our
binding operation!    I am still trying to find out whether the
bar-codes follow the "UPC" regulations.

With kind regards,

Bill Cohen, Publisher
The Haworth Press, Inc.
In a message dated 8/12/04 2:16:43 PM, dbc@VIRGINIA.EDU writes:

> We would very much like to do this but our catalog system Sirsi makes it
> impossible. You have to know the name of the library location for each title
> BEFORE you check it in, this is rather difficult with so many of the science
> titles that we receive and we have 12 libraries. Please don't stop putting
> the barcodes on the covers maybe some day our catalog program will catch up.

> **********************************************************
> Deej Baker                      voice:  434-924-4958
> Cataloging/Periodicals          fax:  434-982-4579
> P.O. BOX 400151
> Alderman Library
> University of Virginia
> Charlottesville, VA  22904-4151
>
> --On Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:22 AM -0400 Bill Cohen <BCohen7719@AOL.COM>
>
> wrote:
>
> > Relating to the note below about using a work-study student
> > for serials check-in's:   the new book Introduction to Serials Work
> > for Library Technicians (Haworth Press, 2004) is just off-press this week.
> >
> > In addition:   does anyone know what % of libraries use bar code
> > scanning for serials check-in work?    Haworth's journals are
> > all bar-coded for swiping a "wand" over the backcover.    Is
> > bar-code swiping not very common in libraries?
> >
> > With kind regards,
> >
> > Bill Cohen, Publisher
> > The Haworth Press, Inc.
> >
> > In a message dated 8/12/04 10:33:24 AM, kovelesk@SETONHILL.EDU writes:
> >
> >
> >> I hesitated to add anything to this discussion, but I have seen nothing
> >> about the questions of accreditation.  The last time we were reviewed -
> just
> >> a  year ago - the team member visiting the library asked me what was the
> one
> >> thing that I would like to tell the rest of the team.  By the way, he was
> a
> >> librarian.  I told him that they should give us more credit for
> electronic
> >> access  to journals instead of focusing on the size of the print
> >> collection.  He  agreed and then when the team report that was one of the
> >> things that they  criticized, that our print collection was too small. 
> So
> >> until that scenario  changes, which I hope will be soon, we will still be
> >> carefully maintaining our print  collection.
> >>
> >> Also, in regard to time spent on check-in, I wondered why a librarian or
> >> other staff member is handling all of this?  With our automated system,
> this
> >> is  something I train a work-study student to do.  Then I only have to
> deal
> >> with  the exceptions and problems.  Seems pretty efficient to me.
> >>
> >> Judith A. Koveleskie
> >> Periodicals Librarian
> >> Seton Hill University
> >> Reeves Memorial Library
> >> Greensburg, PA 15601
> >> 724-838-7828

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The Haworth Press, Inc.
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