Hi, Lauren. Have you ever read Suzanne Ward's book, Rightsizing the Academic Library Collection? She talks a lot about putting materials into high density storage and whether it is a good idea. She points out that some libraries want to put items that are not used very much but still needed into high density storage, but she questions the value of doing that.
https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/rightsizing-academic-library-collection
Sincerely,
Barbara M. Pope, MALS
Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Leonard H. Axe Library
Pittsburg State University
1701 S. Broadway
Pittsburg KS 66762
620-235-4884
bpope_at_pittstate.edu
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Subject: Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] Binding serials
We're still binding. We send all older periodicals to a high density storage facility which has a shelving tray system. Everything needs to be barcoded for the inventory software in order to be retrievable (photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/zsrlibrary/5494368859/in/album-72157624477424107/ ).
Lauren
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Lauren Corbett
Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
336-758-6136 ISNI: 0000 0003 5170 369X
On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 11:16 AM Rodriguez, Michael <michael.a.rodriguez_at_uconn.edu<mailto:michael.a.rodriguez_at_uconn.edu>> wrote:
Hi everyone,
UConn holds many unbound serials - mostly backlog, as we are down to only a handful of new print receipts. Are your libraries still binding serials? Why or why not? If you do, how do you decide which serials get bound and which get shelved permanently unbound?
Thanks in advance for your perspectives!
Michael
Michael Rodriguez (he/him/his)
Collections Strategist
UConn Library
369 Fairfield Way, Unit 1005
Storrs, CT 06269-1005
860-486-9325
lib.uconn.edu<https://lib.uconn.edu>
Received on Tue Mar 02 2021 - 13:55:16 EST