Re: Question about holdings statements (Kim Garrett) Dixon, Frances 12 Jul 2005 15:58 UTC
For titles with limited holdings, we use holdings statements such as these, "Previous year and Current Year" or "Previous 3 Volumes and Current Volume". I put a code of "l"(for limited holdings) in these records and once a year in the spring, I run a list of these titles and determine what year/volume needs to be discarded. Frances Dixon Serials Manager Townsend Memorial Library University of Mary Hardin-Baylor UMHB Station Box 8016/900 College St. Belton, TX 76513 254-295-4643 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Susan Davis Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:28 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Question about holdings statements (Kim Garrett) Good question! I don't know if there is a standard for this, and if there is one, I'd like to know about it. In practice, we have used "current issues" as a rather vague, catch all phrase. The exact nature of the "current" depends on how many issues are required to overflow the shelves or how frequently we can pull the older issues. We don't have the staff to enforce this very precisely. We have used current year to mean issues in the current calendar year, not a year's worth, but current 3 months does mean the latest 3 months worth. We have also used the phrase "current year plus one" to mean 2004 to date. Good luck! And if there is no standard, my advice is to be as consistent as possible and document what you've decided. Susan Susan Davis Head, Electronic Periodicals Management Department University at Buffalo (SUNY) 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 (716) 645-2784 (716) 645-5955 fax unlsdb@buffalo.edu --On Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:12 AM -0400 Bob Persing <persing@POBOX.UPENN.EDU> wrote: > [Moderator note: please send replies to Kim directly, or copy her if you > reply to the list] > > Hello, > > I contacted BCR about this and they suggested posting the question to > SERIALST... which I don't subscribe to. > > I am wondering if there is a written definition or set > guidelines anywhere for "current issues", "current year", "current two > years", etc. It is my understanding that current issues equals January > 2005 thru present day, current year equals January 2004 through present > day, etc. I just need to know if this is correct or not. > > As I said, I don't subscribe to the list, so if anyone would have an > answer to this question, I would greatly appreciate a direct response. > > Thank you! > Kim Garrett > Library Assistant III, Acquisitions > Des Moines University Library > kim.garrett@dmu.edu <mailto:kim.garrett@dmu.edu> > >