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Re: Binding of Periodicals John Lucas 02 Jul 2008 16:29 UTC
To All,

Wherever possible, we try to have Horizontal titles, as do most of us. As for going back and having items rebound, unless we specifically state to bind horizontal, they will bind vertical when necessary to prevent unusual breaks in words.

Take a look at your contract and pricing rates.  Usually, you are given X number of horizontal lines as part of your base unit cost.  More than that and you pay additional per line.

Although the Vertical line, may be more that the Horizontal, it still may be less than all those additional line charges.

Also to reduce the number of 'verticals' relook at your binding patterns to bind multiple volumes or more issues to get to the width for horizontal printing.

"We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter... "  (Original Outer Limits 1963-1965)

With Best Regards,

John Lucas

Serials Librarian
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State St
Jackson, MS 39216-4505

(PH) (601) 984-1277
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>>> "Shankle, Jean" <jShankle@PCCI.EDU> 7/2/2008 11:14 AM >>>
For those of you who bind your periodicals, I have a few questions about your lettering on the spines.

Do you typically have your titles printed on the spines of the bound volumes horizontally or vertically?
Or does it just depend upon the binding company's thickness requirements?

If you have a binding company go back and forth between vertical and horizontal on different volumes of the same title, do you have them redo the lettering?

I am basically wondering how common it is for binding companies to make this type of error.

Thanks for your input.
Jean

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Miss Jean Shankle
Periodical Librarian
jshankle@pcci.edu
Pensacola Christian College Library
Box 18000
Pensacola, FL 32523
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