5 messages:

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Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 17:05:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Swedish Medical Center|Ballard, Reference Library" <swedlib2@wln.com>
Subject: Re: Closing kardex (Jacqueline Snider)

It is hard to let go... ;-)

We use EOSi Serials, and have for 10 years.  Call me at 1-800-352-2484 (if
you call tomorrow, 8/6, ask to have the call transferred -- I will be at
our Ballard campus).  I think we did a pretty fair job of converting our
kardex.

Mike Scully, of....
Swedish Medical Center/Ballard  | Internet: swedlib2@wln.com
Reference Library               | http://www.wln.com/~swedlib1
NW Market & Barnes PO Box 70707 | Voice:206/781-6462 Fax:206/781-6193
Seattle WA  98107-1507          | "All opinions are those of the writer."

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Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 08:19:19 -0500 (EST)
From: ALLEN WILLIAMS <williama@GVSU.EDU>
Subject: Kardex

      We moved our kardex check-in to our Notis system in 1993.  For
      security, we bundled up our old kardex cards and filed them into
      a great big box.......which we never had to look into - which
      was completely thrown away the following year.

      Fortunately, we are able to keep alot of information in our
      computer records for the titles.  The key for us was creating
      many abbreviated codes for repetitive processing functions which
      increased the amount of room for non-standard notes.

      So far, we haven't had any regrets.

      Allen Williams
      Periodicals Specialist
      Grand Valley State University
      Allendale, MI 49401
      email: williama@gvsu.edu   FAX: 616-895-3504

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Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 09:07:50 -0400
From: Marilee Rouillard <mrouilla@KEENE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Closing kardex (2 messages)again

In the 3 years I've been online, I had only 1 time I needed the Kardex.  I
just discarded it this summer.  I have the holdings on a separate computer
system but am working on weaning us to just III(Innovative Interfaces Inc).
I keep a spreadsheet on all of our missing issues so I don't keep any cards
at all now except the current checkin cards.  I check in newspapers
electronically because the patrons can look in the OPAC to see if the issue
has arrived yet...It used to be very easy until III added more prompts...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Marilee H. Rouillard, Supervisor
Periodicals Department, Mason Library
Keene State College, Keene, NH  03435-3201

mrouilla@keene.edu  (603)358-2756

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Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 18:31:13 -0700
From: Reference Desk <refdesk@ROSNET.STROSE.EDU>
Subject: Kardex and newspapers

Debbie Harrell asked how other libraries handle newpaper checkin in their
computer systems.  We have Dynix, and we are still using the Kardex for
the daily papers with limited retention (3 months).  We do this to avoid
the onerous task undoing & deleting past checkins to correct the online
holdings statements.
  I *wish* the Dynix serials module would let us automate a 3 month
retention and allow daily checkin without later intervention, but it
doesn't.

Steve Black
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY
blacks@rosnet.strose.edu

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Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 08:07:07 -0500 (EST)
From: "Melissa M. Nasea" <melnas@HSL.HSL.ECU.EDU>
Subject: Closing kardex - newspaper checkin

We receive 5 newspapers which we keep for only a week or two.  (The
university's general academic library retains their copies.)  We
checkin the newspapers on our online library system (Horizon) and
change their status to Newspaper Rack.  After 2 days, we put them on
shelves in Serials and change their status to InSerials.  Each
Friday the oldest papers are deleted from Horizon and recycled. Since
the public and the staff can check Horizon to see whether an issue
has arrived, this process has decreased (rather than stopped
entirely) questions about the availability of particular issues.

Melissa Nasea
Serials Librarian
Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
MELNAS@HSL.HSL.ECU.EDU
(919)816-2235; FAX (919)816-2224