Re: Bindery & Electronic Journals -- Cecilia Anne Leathem Stephen Clark 28 Jun 2001 18:28 UTC
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Bindery & Electronic Journals -- Terry Schiissler Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:56:58 -0400 From: "Leathem, Cecilia Anne" <cleathem@MIAMI.EDU> We still continue to bind journals, even those with electronic versions; as a result, our binding budget remains the same. Many in our library believe it is too soon to stop binding and retaining the print version. In the future, we may consider not binding some titles, but they would only be titles where we could verify the producer's intent to archive the material-collections such as JSTOR and Project Muse. I doubt we would cease binding journal titles that only are available online via aggregator databases, since the holdings in the aggregation can change and some titles could be dropped from the database. Cecilia Leathem Head, Knowledge Access Management Otto G. Richter Library University of Miami -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Bindery & Electronic Journals Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:08:12 -0600 From: Terry Schiissler <Terry.Schiissler@uregina.ca> Hello fellow SERIALSTers, Many libraries are able to access journals electronically, or have journals within their collections included in many of the electronic databases, now available (either through a consortial arrangement or through outright purchase). My question is - how has this affected your bindery or pre-bindery operations? Have you maintained your bindery budget at the same levels or at reduced levels? Do you still bind materials that are now being received in an electronic format? Are you giving any thought to stop binding altogether? Are you using the bindery operation for monographic rebinds only now that many journals are available electronically? Have you had time and the labour/staff to be able to verify what should or should not be bound because of journals being available electronically? Are there any other bindery questions I should be thinking of because of journals now being received in electronic form? I do not know if I can summarize for the list and am hoping the replies can be posted to the list. Many thanks in advance for all your thoughts Terry Schiissler Subscription Supervisor Dr. John Archer Library Library Serials Department University of Regina Regina, SK Canada S4S 0A2 Telephone - (306) 585-4409 FAX - (306) 585-4868 mailto:Terry.Schiissler@URegina.ca