From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum <SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG> On Behalf Of Brenda L. Keane
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 3:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Best option for tracking reshelving stats for non-circulating print periodicals

So do you replace the label each time it is broken?

Teresa

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Brenda L. Keane <Brenda.Keane@jwu.edu> wrote:

Hello everyone,

 

We had the same problem, especially since magazine are not barcoded – and well-meaning students ignored signage.

 

We implemented a suggestion from someone on listserve that we place small labels from front to back cover. Patrons would have to break the label to read the journal. We decided to implement this on a small scale. Labels were placed on our current print journals, displayed separately along a wall in the library. On the way into work in the morning, our student checked for broken labels.

Usage stats quadrupled in 2015. In 2017 we added labels to all of the print journals. Now we check the current journals daily, and the entire collection monthly. Though our print collection is shrinking, our usage statistics are much healthier and can provide us with factual evidence that some print journals are being used regularly. Now, our renewal decisions are based on fact, not feeling.

 

Good luck,

 

Brenda Keane

Library Subscriptions & Archives Coordinator

Johnson & Wales University

8 Abbott Park Place

Yena Center

Providence, RI 02903

401-598-5253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Michelle Conrad
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 8:52 AM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Best option for tracking reshelving stats for non-circulating print periodicals

 

We have a problem in that, despite my signage, patrons return serials to our shelves instead of our return boxes.  So I can't get a good count on what actually is being used.

Very nice that they put items back but my stats are very much lower than the reality.

Any ideas?

 

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 8:44 AM, Abbigail C Gregg <acgregg@geneva.edu> wrote:

We barcode each bound volume and when someone uses it we scan it.  We also have a single barcode for all non-bound issues of a title so if someone used three issues of Time, you’d scan the “current issues” barcode three times.  We were also putting the little sticky dots on bound volumes.  Each color would represent a different year, though it didn’t tell you how many times it was used, just that it was used.  It gives you a very general sense of what people are using and what never gets used.  Of course, you run into the problem of both the dots falling off and the fact that there’s only so many colors.  You tend to run out.

 

 

Abbigail Stauber

Library Technician

724.847.6693 | acgreg@geneva.edu

 

 

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Erin Gallagher
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 1:42 PM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: [SERIALST] Best option for tracking reshelving stats for non-circulating print periodicals

 

Good morning, collective wisdom.

For those who maintain a print serials collection (both current and bound back issues) with titles that do not circulate, how do you track usage?  Do you keep re-shelving stats?  If so, do you equate the reshelving of one title to one "use", or do you use the standard multiply by three method, by which you count three "uses" each time you reshelve a single title (assuming that patrons have done their own reshelving of that title at some point)?

Or are you using a different method entirely?  

We have not been tracking reshelving stats at all and are exploring ways to gauge usage of our non-circulating print serials moving forward. 

Thank you in advance for sharing your advice and experiences.

Cheers,

Erin

Erin Gallagher

Director of Collection Services

Reed College Library

(503) 777-7552

gallaghere@reed.edu

 

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Michelle Conrad

Harris Learning Library

Nipissing University/Canadore College

P.O. Box 5002

100 College Drive

North Bay, Ont.

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michelco@nipissingu.ca

 

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