Binding Title Changes Birdie MacLennan 05 Mar 1993 19:28 UTC
6 messages, 108 lines: ------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 08:38:04 -0600 From: Cynthia M. Coulter <COULTER@ISCSVAX.UNI.EDU> Subject: Re: Binding Title Changes Here at the University of Northern Iowa, we stop binding with the old title and begin a new volume with the new title. Yes, we did have an occasional single issue volume on the shelf, but that made it cleaner than mixing the titles and trying to let patrons know via a note field (which they usually didn't read anyhow). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 09:52:56 EST From: Melissa Nasea <LINASEA@ECUVM1.BITNET> Subject: Binding Title Changes At the East Carolina University Health Sciences Library we shelve our journals by title. We split volumes at the title change and bind each part. Of course, we have missed a few title changes. In those cases, and in the case of a reel of microfilm that has two titles, we put a dummy book or box on the shelf or in the drawer to show where the item is located. Melissa M. Nasea Serials Librarian HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY GREENVILLE, NC 27858-4354 (919) 551-2235 LINASEA@ECUVM1.BITNET FAX (919) 551-2224 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 11:28:37 EDT From: Margaret Guccione <MGUCCION@STLAWU.BITNET> Subject: Re: Binding Title Changes The litmus test we try to apply here at St. Lawrence when various decisions need to be made is: how is this going to work for a student or faculty person who hasn't a clue about the fine points of bibliographic control (and doesn't care!). It always seems to put things into perspective. So as a general policy, when a title changes in the middle of a volume, we bind each title separately. Assuming, of course, that the call number doesn't change. This is because, if a student successfully navigates the indexes, s/he is going to approach the periodicals collection with a citation for the title which appears on the cover of the needed issue. If that issue is bound in a volume with another title on the spine, confusion results. We have unearthed some older volumes containing title changes bound together; when these turn up, we add the missing title(s) to the spine with a se-lin label. It isn't pretty, but it makes more sense for the user. Naturally there are problem exceptions: one thin issue of a monthly is published, example, and then the title changes. In such a case, we'd probably bind together, but have the bindery include both titles on the spine. Margaret Guccione Serials/Reference Librarian St. Lawrence University Canton, New York 13617 bitnet: mguccion@stlawu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 13:25:57 EST From: Cindy Runyon <LIBCGR@EMUVM1.BITNET> Subject: Re: Binding Title Changes In reply to Kathi L. Jakubowski: We go with your option 1, binding and then shelving by the actual title. >1. Split the volume where the title change occurs and bind each > title separately. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 11:03:13 EST From: Kathy Woo <woo@ALM.ADMIN.USFCA.EDU> Subject: Binding Title Changes When binding serials, we split the volume where the title change occurs. This often results in a very thin bound volume. If the title change occurs with the last issue or two of the bindable volume, we will wait and bind those one or two issues with the next bindable volume of the new title. While this results in some complicated spine numbering, we feel it makes the title much more accessible to patrons. Also, it eliminates the need to put cumbersome notes such as "v.4, no.4-5 bound with _______" in the online catalog. Kathy Woo Gleeson Library University of San Francisco woo@ALM.ADMIN.USFCA.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 13:51:49 EST From: Ebba Jo Sexton <SEXTON@UKCC.UKY.EDU> Subject: Re: Binding Title Changes At the University of Kentucky Law Library, we usually bind a volume as such, with all its issues, whether it changes title near the beginning, at the middle, or near the end. We also tend to use the old title on spine, and change to the new title with next full volume. This can be negotiated when necessary. We also include a "Bound with volume n" note on the bibliographic records of both titles. Ebba Jo Sexton Technical Services librarian