We too loan only to faculty, and I actually just had to determine the replacement cost of some issues.  I contacted the publisher & was able to get that information for some of them.  I checked back issue dealers on others, and on one the publisher only sold articles, individually, so I added up the cost of those. 

One does what one can.  Serials work can be as much art as science.

Jeanette L. Skwor
Serials Dept., Cofrin Library
University of WI-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI  54311-7001

"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."
Anne Herbert, The Whole Earth Catalog

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Palmiter, Sherry
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:30 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] replcement cost of periodical issue

Do other libraries loan individual periodical issues? If so, how do you determine the replacement cost of a lost issue?

Thank you

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Sherry Palmiter

Serials Librarian

Lemieux Library and

    McGoldrick Learning Commons

Seattle University

Seattle, WA  98122

palmiter@seattleu.edu

ph. : 206-296-6204

fax : 206-296-2572