Re: Mis-addressing of labels (Was: Claiming Statistics) (Carol Feustel) Birdie MacLennan 18 Jun 2002 16:21 UTC
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:57:17 -0400 From: Feustel, Carol <FEUSTECS@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> Subject: RE: Mis-addressing of labels (Was: Claiming Statistics) (Albert Henderson) On Mon Jun 17 2002 Albert Henderson chessNIC@COMPUSERVE.COM wrote: Moreover, I have seen too many instances of higher education institutions running library mail through their central mailroom, where it can easily be misdirected. There is no reason why the post office cannot deliver all mail directly to the library. All any library needs is a street address or PO box. Mr. Henderson and any other publisher that is reading the list: We, the librarians, do not have the power to change how the mail is handled in a large university. Therefore we give you the FOUR LINE ADDRESS Jeanette Skwor spoke of in her message so the journal is delivered to the correct location. We need you to USE IT. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO DO. ***Publishers, subscription houses and other nameless responsible entities: Sending a journal to a university, with no further direction as to where in that university it should be directed is akin to sending a letter addressed to the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Maybe worse - if the right department gets it, it's a miracle, and in the case of journals, the mailroom may well guess to send it to the subject department (ie, several of our art journals went to the head of the art department), and that entity may well keep them. In fact, I've had several problem journals with which the professor actually called, and was told the subscription was a gift! The University of Cincinnati has 13 separate Libraries. If our Library name (Health Sciences Library) is not spelled out CORRECTLY on the label the chance of correct delivery is 50-50. The correct street address is important too, but if our library name is not on the label a journal will float until it finds a home-right or wrong. An Emergency Medicine journal may land permanently in the Emergency Medicine Dept., Psychiatry in Psychiatry, Orthopedics in Orthopedics, etc. I've given this label to my vendors: Health Sciences Library - U Cincinnati MSB R101 Box 670574 Serials Dept 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267-0574 I am covering all requirements with one address. It is massacred by several publishers. One uses a four-line address: University of Cincinnati Health Sciences Library Serials Dept Cincinnati, OH 45267 Ok, we're apt to get the ones with that address. But the really annoying one is: University of Cincinnati PO Box 670574 Cincinnati, OH 452-- (usually the zip is wrong) The print may be smeared or the label torn. If we get that one it's a miracle. I beg to have those changed to no avail. Once again, THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO DO USE THE ADDRESS GIVEN. And please keep the misaddressing/misdelivering problem in mind before refusing claims. Sincerely, Carol Feustel GO CINCINNATI BEARCATS & INDIANA HOOSIERS!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wise People Still Seek Him ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carol S. Feustel phone: 513-558-0179 Serials Specialist fax: 513-558-1709 Health Sciences Library email: carol.feustel@uc.edu University of Cincinnati MSB R101 Box 670574 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267-0574 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Original Journal Goddess. Accept no imitations!! Opinions expressed are mine, not my employers A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. (Hershy)