Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] Binding serials

Thank you for the suggestion. If I sounded like I was complaining, I wasn't
-- it was probably due to being terse to be speedy. I also probably should
have said that we're down to about 500 print subscriptions and like another
respondant, we don't bind things where we ultimately have archival rights
to an electronic version (JSTOR).
Lauren
--
Lauren Corbett
Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
336-758-6136               ISNI: 0000 0003 5170 369X


On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 1:57 PM Barbara Pope <bpope_at_pittstate.edu> wrote:

> 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
> ------------------------------
> *From:* acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> on
> behalf of "Corbett, Lauren" <acqnet_at_lists.ala.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 1, 2021 2:44 PM
> *To:* acqnet_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet_at_lists.ala.org>
> *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
> --
> 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> 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
>
>