Re: Journals without wrappers? Holzapfel, Arabella 29 Jan 2008 15:43 UTC
Hello Kirsty, We have received issues of Nature and Science without wrappers for some years, and they nearly always arrive in fine condition. Interestingly, however, another title we receive without a wrapper, BioScience often does arrive with minor tears, turned-up corners, and other damage, sometimes making it almost unreadable. Because we keep that title on microform long-term, I rarely claim the issues as damaged; if we bound the issues, I probably would claim them more often. My guess is that BioScience is printed on lower quality paper than Nature and Science and that makes it more prone to damage in transit, but that is a sheer guess. Overall, regarding journals with and without wrappers - I claim several a year as damaged, perhaps as many as one or two a month. I haven't detected a pattern as to whether more of these damaged claims are for titles that are wrapped, or in envelopes, or uncovered. What I think has even more environmental consequence than wrappers, however, is that we have continued to receive a number of print issues despite having changed our subscription type from print to the online version. (I do not think Oxford titles are among them anymore for our collection, but this may be happening with Oxford titles at other institutions.) I currently have a stockpile of probably over a hundred print issues that we don't want, which we continue to receive despite contacting our subscription vendor about the situation. Thank you for your query, Arabella -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of LUFF, Kirsty Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:50 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Journals without wrappers? ***Apologies for cross posting*** Dear colleagues Due to our own environmental concerns, and because some of our society partners are requesting it, we're investigating the feasibility of sending out some journals without wrappers. The cover of these journals would instead contain a sticker with address information which could be easily removed. We understand that a number of journals, notably Nature and Science, are already sent out this way in the US? We would appreciate answers, on or off list, to the following questions: 1. Do you receive journals without wrappers? 2. If so, do they arrive damaged? 3. Do you/how often do you have to raise claims to the publisher for damaged copies? Many thanks in advance. Kirsty Kirsty Luff | Senior Communications & Marketing Manager Oxford Journals | Oxford University Press Great Clarendon Street | Oxford | OX2 6DP +44 (0)1865 354206 kirsty.luff@oxfordjournals.org Keep updated on prices, products, services, and other news at www.oxfordjournals.org/librarians <outbind://204/www.oxfordjournals.org/librarians> <blocked::http://www.oxfordjournals.org/librarians>