***We do this.  I came into this position finding incomplete things bound - not knowing about it until a volume was actually removed from the shelf & opened - to find a notation inside, e.g. “Missing April”.  It turned me into a total bear and I do not bind anything incomplete.  Ever.

***That said, we’ve cut our bindery budget by close to 95% so of course I bind very little and the cost of any additional pages isn’t that much.

Jeanette L. Skwor
Cofrin Library, Serials Dept.
UW-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Picerno
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:53 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Replacing missing pages

Dear Collective Wisdom:

I am hoping that a few of you will be able to give me some input on the following:

My administration would like to know what other libraries experience in getting ILL documents to replace missing pages in journals. We have been doing this as part of our bindery prep, but are questioning the time and cost effectiveness versus the lasting result. Has your library done this in the past and (a) discontinued the practice, (b) continues this practice, or has this not ever been a practice at your library? What are the considerations in your decision??

Please feel free to reply off-list (and I’ll be at NASIG from 4 – 8 June, so not able to reply to e-mails during that time).

Thanks,

Peter V. Picerno

Serials & E-Resources

Asst. Head, Resource Development

Green Library GL 810

Florida International University

University Park

Miami  FL   33199

Ph: 305.348.6279

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