Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:18:00 -0500
From: Kimberly Peters <kpeters23@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Restaurants & institutions (Virginia Taffurelli)

Hi,
I can't help you directly, but I used to work for the Information Service
and Library of the National Restaurant Association, and I know they
subscribe to R&I.  It's one of their most heavily used pubs, so they
probably would know what is up with it. :)
You can reach them at (800)424-5156 or email at info@dineout.org.
Hope this helps!

Kim Peters
user experience designer
rare medium - san francisco

>Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:37:26 -0500
>From: Virginia Taffurelli <taffurev@HSCBKLYN.EDU>
>Subject: Restaurants & institutions
>
>Dear Serialsters,
>
>I seek the collective wisdom of other libraries receiving the title
>Restaurants & institutions (ISSN: 0273-5520; OCLC # 7076392).  This
>publication previously had a companion called: Restaurants & institutions
>marketplace (OCLC #18944777) which is no longer being published
>separately.  It has been incorporated into the main publication, bearing
>the same ISSN. There are 24 issues of the main title with 7 issues of
>Marketplace interspersed in the numbering.
>
>To complicate matters, the Marketplace issues are oversized, creating a
>problem for binding.  We are charged a premium price for oversize volumes
>plus additional charges for filler because the issues are different sizes.
>
>To further complicate matters, certain issues are sent only to "qualified
>subscribers" which do not include libraries.  There is no way of knowing
>in advance which issues we will not be getting.  We claim missing issues
>multiple times with no response from the vendor, and our holdings
>statement is difficult to read because of the many gaps.
>
>How are other libraries dealing with this title or other titles with
>similar problems?  I would appreciate all comments.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Virginia Taffurelli
>Head of Technical Processing
>Science, Industry and Business Library
>The New York Public Library

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