have you stopped print journals check-in and/or claiming? Kim Maxwell 04 Jan 2005 22:37 UTC
I'm interested in hearing from people who have stopped, or are considering stopping, check-in and/or claiming for print journals. We're looking into this at MIT, and I'd like to start a dialogue with people who are in the same boat. I know of a few places where it's been done to a greater or lesser degree (I combed the SERIALST archives for that thread of discussion we had in August 2004), but I wonder what's changed since then. Here are some of my specific questions: 1. Have you stopped print journals check-in? For what categories (e.g., dailies and weeklies only, only those titles with limited retention, only those titles where we have online access, some other category?) 2. If you check in some titles but not others, how do you tell (as you sort the mail) that this is a title you will check in and this one you won't? Do you look up all titles in your ILS? Do you keep a paper list and refer to that? Do you just "know" which titles you do check in? 3. Are you still checking in, but not claiming? If you could let me know what your institution is doing, I'd love to hear from you. I will gladly summarize for the list. Also, if this is the first time you've heard of this topic, or if you remember hearing about it and think now wasn't there an article about that? here are some citations to get you started. These all came up during the August 2004 thread. Anderson, Rick, and Steven D. Zink, "Implementing the unthinkable: the demise of periodical check-in at the University of Nevada." Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services, v.27:no.1 (2003:Spring), pp. 61-71. (available on Science Direct, if you have a subscription) Davis, Susan, recorder, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Give Up Journal Check-In," The Serials Librarian, v.44:no.3/4 (2003), pp. 255-260. (report of a workshop given at the NASIG Conference (Williamsburg, June 2002) by Rick Anderson and Steven D. Zink) Scherlen, Allan, Column Editor, with contributions by Larry Boyer, Eleanor Cook, and John P. Abbott, "Courage of our Convictions: Making Difficult Decisions About Serial Collections," from the column The Balance Point, Serials Review, v.30:no.2 (2004), pp. 117-121 If anyone knows of other articles written about this topic, I'd love to hear about them. I did a search in Library Literature, but haven't come up with much other than the ones above. Thanks in advance for all your help, Kim Maxwell _______________________________________ Kim Maxwell Serials Acquisitions Librarian Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Libraries, Room 14E-210 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 phone: 1-617-253-7028 fax: 1-617-253-2464 email: kmaxwell@mit.edu