Re: Innovative binding module (2 messages) Stephen Clark 29 Mar 1999 21:42 UTC
2 messages: 1)--------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:50:35 -0500 From: Lucy Duhon <LDuhon@UTNET.UTOLEDO.EDU> Subject: Re: Innovative binding module (2 messages) Yes, Stephanie. The Innovative system contains a set of parameters maintained within each checkin card. Included in these parameters are "unit of binding" and "binding delay" which you can control, based on your binding preferences. For example, a quarterly is automatically identified for binding once the first issue of the next volume arrives, IF you've set the unit of binding at "4" and the binding delay at "1." The system does a very good job of keeping track of when issues complete a volume (or some other unit), even in instances of combined or double issues (such as 2:1-2, 3:1-4). It does not, however, reliably calculate the correct binding unit for volumes that contain continuous numbering (such as 81:3278), only binding units for repeated cycles of numbering. Once card parameters are set for each title, it's just a matter of examining a review file or a particular title in order to find units to bind (in the binding submenu). The system prompts you to print a pull slip when it finds a bindable unit (choice of issues is easy to override if necessary), based on the criteria I mentioned above. Contact me if you have any questions! Lucy Duhon Assistant Serials Librarian Carlson Library/Serials Dept. University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3399 (419) 530-4493 fax: (419) 530-2726 lucy.duhon@utoledo.edu <mailto:lucy.duhon@utoledo.edu> 2)---------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 From: Karen Aufdemberge <fac3716@uoft01.utolodeo.edu> Subject: RE: Innovative binding module (2 messages) Stephanie, We use the Innovative binding module at the University of Toledo, and I would definitely recommend it. Pros: Less filing, no more mis-matching of patterns to titles, binding information appears in the OPAC, students can assist with gathering issues using computer-generated pull-slips Cons: The binding tickets that we print using the Innovative module don't contain all of the information needed by the binder. (We use Heckman Bindery in Indiana.) More info: See article: Automating Serials Binding by R. Brothers in Technical Services Quarterly (11:4, 1994, pp. 45-59). (This may be somewhat outdated, but I don't think that the binding module has changed that much over the last few years.) Please contact me if would like more information or if you have specific questions about how the module works. ====================================================================== Karen Aufdemberge Assistant Serials Librarian Office: (419) 530-8532 University of Toledo Fax: (419) 530-2726 Carlson Library Serials Dept. fac3716@uoft01.utoledo.edu Toledo, OH 43606