Hi Mary,

Sounds like a winning idea to me.  We might even save a tree or two.

Carrie Ferm
Augustana College Library
Periodical Section
Rock Island, Il  61201

Phone:  (309)794-7316   Fax: (309) 794-7230
e-mail: alicf@loki.augustana.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Ann Nesto [SMTP:mnesto@WISDOM.WSC.MA.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 1:37 PM
> To:   SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject:      Advertising pages in printed journals
>
> Subject: A new pet peeve
>
> Fellow Serialists,
>     After we staunch the flow of free unwanted mags, I suggest we turn
> our combined ire towards publishers who bind several stiff pages of
> their own advertising into the front of each issue of their numerous
> publications.  Yes, I'm talking about Haworth Press.
>     It is next to impossible to remove these pages neatly when preparing
> bindery and they do not add anything to the bound volume.  If left in,
> the pages are difficult to flip through.  If removed, the cover is
> generally damaged as well.
>     Well, how about it?
> Mary Ann Nesto
> Westfield State College
> <mnesto@WISDOM.WSC.MA.EDU>