Re: Binding incomplete volumes inhouse Feustel, Carol (feustecs) 28 May 2004 20:14 UTC
We commercially bind our incomplete volumes after spending 5 years trying to locate the missing issues. The specific issue information is listed on the spine and also in our OPAC record. We feel it is more important to get the journal material out to our patrons as soon as possible than keep it back in our incomplete area in the office. Carol Feustel Carol S. Feustel phone: 513-558-0179 Journals Specialist fax: 513-558-0472 Health Sciences Library email: carol.feustel@uc.edu University of Cincinnati 121 Wherry Box 670561 3223 Eden Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45267-0561 -----Original Message----- From: Jo Ann Williams [mailto:JWILLIAM@LIB-GW.TAMU.EDU] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:46 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Binding incomplete volumes inhouse We also send our in-compute periodical volumes to the commercial binder and have done so for about 5 years. We have rebound less than 1% because the missing issue was found or received. We have a few titles that are kept for a short amount of time and discarded. We also use the Togic for these but will switch to the Fastback machine when our Togic supplies are exhausted. Using the commercial binder has freed up a lot of student labor. One year using the Togic binder we did a special project that lasted a couple of weeks. I discovered that we spent about 45 minutes for each of these volumes. I checked the cost of in-house binding and decided it was not worth the effort. The covers and other materials were running an average of $2.00 per volume and used a lot of labor. It is just as cheap to send it to the binder. Jo Ann Williams Head of Binding Texas A&M University 5000 TAMU College Station TX 77843-5000 979-845-5956 joannwilliams@tamu.edu >>> penningtonb@UMKC.EDU 05/27/04 01:01PM >>> We send ours to a commercial bindery and have done so for quite a while. It works out fine. I think it is easier to send all volumes out for binding. If your binding budget can accommodate it, then you have freed up staff time for other projects. Buddy Pennington Serials Acquisitions Librarian Miller Nichols Library University of Missouri - Kansas City 800 E. 51st Street Kansas City, MO 64110 816-235-1548 816-333-5584 (fax) penningtonb@umkc.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Lori Hughes Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:40 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Binding incomplete volumes inhouse We are currently conducting a cost analysis for binding incomplete volumes in-house verses sending them to commercial bindery. If your library binds incomplete periodical volumes in-house, what binding system/equipment are you using? If you are sending them to commercial bindery, how long have you been doing so and is it working out well? If we continue in-house binding, we will need to replace our Togic machine soon and we are considering sending all volumes (complete or not) to commercial bindery instead. Any advice and/or insight is appreciated. Regards, Lori Hughes Serials Acquisitions Librarian Alkek Library Texas State University - San Marcos