Re: Other Check-in Considerations Deej Baker 12 Aug 2004 19:55 UTC
I don't know which Haworth titles we purchase now. If I run across one I can check to see if it works on our system. --On Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:20 PM -0400 Bill Cohen <BCohen7719@AOL.COM> wrote: > 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 > > > Bill Cohen, Publisher > The Haworth Press, Inc. > 10 Alice Street > Binghamton, New York 13904 > Haworth WebSite...Click Here!