Hi Linda,
Our Science & Engineering Center library staff also manually separate these issues
and shelve them separately.
Cynthia
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Serials Dept.
5729 Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5729
"SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum" <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> on Friday, October 20, 2006 at 4:05 PM -0500 wrote:
>Hi Linda,
>
>Here at F&M, we literally cut the two issues apart, and they are kept
>separately on the shelves. If you go to where the 2 issues are back-
>to-back, open the issue(s) there (lay flat on a tabletop) and apply a
>little pressure. You will then be able to see the glue between the
>two issues. I then use a utility knife and slice right through --
>the spines get a little mangled, but it works. We bind both titles,
>so we only have to look at the spines for a short time.
>
>--Ken
>
>On Oct 20, 2006, at 3:51 PM, Linda Cox wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am interested in how other libraries have tackled the Chem
>> Comm/Molecular BioSystems evil conjoined twins. If you aren't
>> familiar,
>> every 6th issue of Chem Comm (Chemical Communications ISSN 1359-7345)
>> comes with an issue of Molecular BioSystems (ISSN 1742-206X) which is
>> attached to the back, upside-down no less. On one side, you see the
>> cover of ChemComm, on the other side is the cover of Molecular
>> BioSystems.
>>
>> This is a problem I inherited and any information on how you handle
>> them
>> will be appreciated.
>>
>> Linda Cox
>>
>>
>>
>> Linda Newman Cox, M.L.I.S., M.A., Associate Prof.
>> Head Librarian, Serials & Media Div. and Interlibrary Loan
>> Northwestern State Univ Libraries
>> Natchitoches, LA 71497
>> phone 318.357.4419 fax 318.357.4470
>> cox@nsula.edu
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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>Ken Siegert
>Acquisitions Assistant
>Electronic Resources & Periodicals / U.S. Documents
>Shadek-Fackenthal Library
>Franklin & Marshall College
>P.O. Box 3003
>Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
>
>Phone - (717) 291-4219
>Fax - (717) 291-4160
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Cynthia Young
Serials Dept.
5729 Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5729