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Date Stamping Check-ins Matthew Michaels (26 Sep 2013 23:47 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins WILMA REEDER (27 Sep 2013 12:31 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Skwor, Jeanette (27 Sep 2013 13:04 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Judith Koveleskie (27 Sep 2013 13:20 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Antobam, Emma (27 Sep 2013 13:48 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Diane Westerfield (27 Sep 2013 15:27 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Barbara B Allred (27 Sep 2013 15:59 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Julianne Newberry (27 Sep 2013 19:40 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Didier Partouche (30 Sep 2013 07:14 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Abbigail C Gregg (27 Sep 2013 17:43 UTC)
Re: Date Stamping Check-ins Ham, Deb L. (27 Sep 2013 19:21 UTC)

Date Stamping Check-ins Matthew Michaels 26 Sep 2013 23:47 UTC

Hello All,

I am curious whether your libraries are still adding date stamps to incoming serials.  Now that Aleph (and other collection catalog software) seems to be more reliable, do you still date stamp your serials at check-in?  What are your thoughts about provenance and archiving the collections?  Is it important to have the date right on the item or is the computer record enough?

I am looking into the future, say 10-30 years from now (and more often into the next hour) when a patron or faculty member asks me "when did the library receive this issue?"  Or more recently, "Is this the most current issue?".  We have some titles that only produce an issue every 1 or 2 years like Bloom.  I like to show a patron or colleague when the "current" issue was last received by just using the issue at hand, and not having to run to the computer.   I may be old-fashioned (at 48 years old) but I believe in hands-on service.

What does is your check-in policy regarding date stamping new and gift serials?  Curious minds like know.

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