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======== Original Message ========
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 15:48:07 -0600
From: Andrew Leonhart <aleonhar@MANC.EDU>
Subject: binding guidelines

Before I begin, pardon my naivete.  I am new here and hope that this is the
proper forum to ask basic questions.  The kind of basic questions they
never discussed in library school.  The kind of basic questions that are
always answered, "Because we've always done it that way."

One of my duties is binding our periodicals.

1)      Should I bother binding "PC World", "Internet World", etc.  These
tech
periodicals seem to become obsolete after a year or two.  (We also get PC
World on microfilm.)
2)      I have decided not to bind "Publisher's Weekly" since only the
librarians even look at it.  agree/disagree?
3)      I have decided to stop binding "Nursing Times" since it takes up so
much
shelf space and we get it in microfilm.  agree/disagree?
4)      Should I bother binding "Wallaces Farmer"?  It is not indexed in any
source that I know of.  I presume that if its not indexed, its probably not
used.

That's all for now.  Hopefully this will provoke some discussion and
provide some useful suggestions.

Andrew
======== Fwd by: Dena Lahue ========
Andrew:

Even though we do bind some of our computer magazines, I do agree that they
are quickly outdated and do not need to be bound. If you are also getting
them on microform, I would not bind them.

Publisher's Weekly has a lot of good book reviews that students can use. I'm
just picking up a subscription to it precisely for that reason. I would bind
it.

As far as Nursing Times is concerned, I would base that on the frequency of
use.  The content is fine on microform but if there are diagrams or
illustrations that are being used a lot, you might consider binding the
print issues for referencing.

I'm not familiar with Wallaces' Farmer.  Again, I would base this on use as
well as where it is indexed.

Hope this helps.  Email me anytime for additional questions.

Dena Lahue
Public Services Librarian
Faulkner University
Gus Nichols Library
Montgomery, AL 36109-3398
DLAHUE@FAULKNER.EDU
(334) 260-6299

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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 17:28:14 -0500
From: "(Susan Sturgeon)" <SSTURGEON@MECN.MASS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Basic Binding Guidelines Needed (Andrew Leonhart)

Our rule of thumb here is that we never bind something we also receive on
microfilm.  Granted, this is probably because "we've always done it that way,
but it still seems reasonable to me.  I also feel that with a few exceptions,
if it's worth keeping, it's worth binding.

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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 18:44:35 -0500
From: Gregory Szczyrbak <gszczyrb@MARAUDER.MILLERSV.EDU>
Subject: Re: Basic Binding Guidelines Needed (Andrew Leonhart)

> 1)      Should I bother binding "PC World", "Internet World", etc.  These tech
> periodicals seem to become obsolete after a year or two.  (We also get PC
> World on microfilm.)

        We bind PC World, however I would tend to agree that journals like
this become obsolete after a few years.  Also we do not bind anything that
we already receive on microfilm. (at least not intentionally)

> 2)      I have decided not to bind "Publisher's Weekly" since only the
> librarians even look at it.  agree/disagree?
        We dropped this title recently because we no longer offer a
degree in library science.

> 3)      I have decided to stop binding "Nursing Times" since it takes up so much
> shelf space and we get it in microfilm.  agree/disagree?
        See comment in no.1 above.

> 4)      Should I bother binding "Wallaces Farmer"?  It is not indexed in any
> source that I know of.  I presume that if its not indexed, its probably not
> used.
        We generally keep journals like this as "Current year only".  We
do keep some non-indexed titles, but usually only those of local interest.

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Gregory Szczyrbak                       (717) 872-3645 DESK
Millersville University                 (717) 872 3854 FAX
Ganser Library - Periodicals            gszczyrb@marauder.millersv.edu
Millersville, PA 17551                  http://marauder.millersv.edu/~serials/
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From: Michelle Boisvenue-Fox <mboisve@LINFIELD.EDU>
Subject: Re: Basic Binding Guidelines Needed (Andrew Leonhart)

Our library's answer to things like PC World, Internet World, and Nursing
Times is that if we get it in microfilm, then we don't keep it in paper.
And I think this is because shelf space for us is very precious.  We do
make small exceptions, say for our artsy journals where the pictures are
better in paper form than they are on microfilm.  We also keep paper
issues for our more popular titles--Time, Newsweek--but we only keep them
for three years with microfilm.

As for Publishers Weekly, I wouldn't bind it if only librarians are
reading it.  I've worked in a library where it wasn't even accessible to
the public and just kept in the back room for librarian's use.  Here, I
temporarily bind it, using an in-house system, so I'm not spending a lot
of money on it.

Hope this helps.

Michelle Boisvenue-Fox, Serials Coordinator
Northup Library
Linfield College
900 S Baker
McMinnville OR  97128
mboisve@linfield.edu

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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 18:14:00 -0800 (PST)
From: "Parang, Elizabeth" <eparang@pepperdine.edu>
Subject: RE: Basic Binding Guidelines Needed (Andrew Leonhart)

Because we have no extra space, we never bind anything that we get on
microfilm.  One of our Educational Centers does keep the corresponding
unbound issues for one year after receiving the microfilm.

We keep computer mags like Internet World for one-two years only.

We don't bind Publishers' Weekly but keep it in our Periodicals Office.
 Despite utilizing every B.I. opportunity to inform students that the "book
reviews" in it are too short for class assignments, we have a constant
dribble of students using it.  We also have one faculty member tracking the
publishing history of Stephen King's novels who shows up about every six
months to peruse it.

Lack of indexing certainly would hamper the use of older volumes.  We do
keep some older ones on church topics for which we do not have indexing
 because that fits our University's mission.

If you have access to some full-text databases, that would also influence
binding decisions for titles included in the database.

Elizabeth Parang
Coordinator of Periodicals
Pepperdine University

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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 08:06:58 -0400
From: Tim Lawrence <lawrencet@NKU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Basic Binding Guidelines Needed (Andrew Leonhart)

Why do you bind titles that you also purchase microforms for? We either bind
or buy fiche or film, never both. I have assumed this is the normal
practice, but maybe I'm wrong. Also, maybe consider just canceling those
titles that aren't used or indexed.

Tim Lawrence                            Northern Kentucky University
Serials Assistant                       Steely Library Serials/Periodicals
lawrencet@nku.edu

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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 08:38:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Deborah Harrell <dharrell@westga.edu>
Subject: Re: Basic Binding Guidelines Needed (Andrew Leonhart)

Hope this info helps.  I don't actually do the selection of materials for
the bindery, but have been here on the perphery for many years in serial
processing.

Debbie Harrell
Ingram Library, State University of West Georgia
phone: 770-836-6498
fax: 770-836-6626

>
> One of my duties is binding our periodicals.
>
> 1)      Should I bother binding "PC World", "Internet World", etc.  These tech
> periodicals seem to become obsolete after a year or two.  (We also get PC
> World on microfilm.)

We bind nothing that we can get on microfilm.  We also bind nothing that
has low usage.

> 2)      I have decided not to bind "Publisher's Weekly" since only the
> librarians even look at it.  agree/disagree?

Although we don't bind PW, and we don't have an MLS program here at UWG,
we have a number of media classes that use the title.

> 3)      I have decided to stop binding "Nursing Times" since it takes up so much
> shelf space and we get it in microfilm.  agree/disagree?
> 4)      Should I bother binding "Wallaces Farmer"?  It is not indexed in any
> source that I know of.  I presume that if its not indexed, its probably not
> used.

Can I assume this title is of local interest?  If so, you might want to
bind it for that reason.  You could also check OCLC's database to see if
any other libraries in your area already have complete holdings.

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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 09:05:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Diane Lewis <DILEWIS@IGSRGLIB01.ER.USGS.GOV>
Subject: Re: Basic Binding Guidelines Needed (Andrew Leonhart)

Our library policy is not to bind the pc mags--we don't retain them
for more than one year, either.  Our management doesn't
allocate any funds for binding.  When we are given year-end funds, we
just bind desperate cases--core earth science journals that are
falling apart on the shelves.  So, we're really not a typical
example, but I wanted to offer what I could.

Diane M. Lewis, Serial Records Librarian
U.S. Geological Survey Library
National Center--MS 950
Reston, Virginia 20192
(703)648-4399
dilewis@igsrglib01.usgs.gov

"If you want peace, work for justice."--Pope Paul VI.

Views expressed are strictly my own.

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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 17:28:14 -0500
From: "(Susan Sturgeon)" <SSTURGEON@MECN.MASS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Basic Binding Guidelines Needed (Andrew Leonhart)

Our rule of thumb here is that we never bind something we also receive on
microfilm.  Granted, this is probably because "we've always done it that way,
but it still seems reasonable to me.  I also feel that with a few exceptions,
if it's worth keeping, it's worth binding.