Re: In-house binding April Dain 05 Jul 2005 16:56 UTC
Good morning: We have used the Thermabind product for some time now. However, I caution you that the price for the binders TRIPLED for us last year. It's almost more cost effective to have our journals commercially bound. April ________________________________________ April Dain / Serials Coordinator Nicholson Library / Linfield College 900 SE Baker St. Unit A522 McMinnville, OR 97128 P: 503-883-2540 F: 503-883-2566 E: adain@linfield.edu ________________________________________ --On Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:51 PM -0400 "Duhon, Lucy C" <LDuhon@UTNET.UTOLEDO.EDU> wrote: > Jeff, > > Over the past couple of years our commercial binding budget has been > reduced by about 80%. To address this problem, we've begun to > "Therm-A-Bind" more titles (we had always used this method to store > incomplete volumes but now we're using our existing supplies to > permanently store some titles). We've also begun to store some titles > in Princeton files (this works well for shorter and thicker issues -- > especially ones we don't intend to shelve for more than a few years). > > For Therm-A-Binding, we use a "ThermaBind GBC 2000 XT" machine from > General Binding Corporation (I think we paid about $375 for it a few > years ago, when we replaced our older machine). It can bind units up to > 2" thick in the spine. Expect to pay about $1 per binding cover (these > range from less than 1" to 2" in spine width). The spine contains > adhesive. > > Our bindery specialist employs student assistants (at up to $6 per hour) > to help her "thermabind" volumes. A student assistant can probably bind > about 10-12 units per hour (including collating and labeling). > > Princeton file boxes range in price from about $3 to $5 per box, > depending on the quantity ordered. > > I want to add that for the shrinking percentage of titles not > perpetually available to us online we still prefer to commercially bind; > we use the methods I mention above mostly for semi-permanent handling of > material -- for limited retention titles, lower use titles, etc. I > think that commercial binding is still a very good deal for the quality > product you get. > > I hope this gives you some idea of the cost comparison you're looking > for. > > - Lucy Duhon. > > > Lucy Duhon > Serials Librarian > Carlson Library/Serials Dept. > University of Toledo > Toledo, OH 43606 > > (Mail Stop # 509) > > (419) 530-2838 > (419) 530-2726 [fax] > lucy.duhon@utoledo.edu > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeff Flynn > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:54 AM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: [SERIALST] In-house binding > > Does anyone have experience with in-house binding? We are thinking > binding some of our miscellaneous materials in the library instead of > sending them out to our commercial bindery. Any info on equipment, > labor, savings...would be appreciated. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > _____________ > Jeff Flynn Tel: (617) 305-1603 > Serials/Bibliographic Control Librarian Fax: (617) 723-3164 > Suffolk University Law Library Email: jflynn@acad.suffolk.edu > 120 Tremont St. > Boston, MA 02108 > ________________________________________________________________________ > _____________