Re: Other Check-in Considerations barbara trumpinski-roberts 13 Aug 2004 13:50 UTC
I am just one department library of 44 at the University of Illinois in Urbana. I don't use a barcode to check in serials. I do, however, have part of a graduate assistant to check in some of the 1,500+ titles that we receive in this department library (agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences). I am fortunate in that the person I replaced had set up an access database for check in, so I don't have to use the kardex. Once we get the Voyager serials module working, this may change. Barbara Trumpinski-Roberts Funk ACES Library UIUC ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:22:26 EDT >From: Bill Cohen <BCohen7719@AOL.COM> >Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Other Check-in Considerations >To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > >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! barbara trumpinski-roberts (smotu) 217-333-2416 kittent@uiuc.edu Funk ACES Library-UIUC 200 LIAC 1101 S. Goodwin Urbana, IL 61801 mc-633 "the one thing you can't give up for your heart's desire is your heart." mitch burnside-clapp