Binding title-specific indexes (2 messages) Birdie MacLennan 18 Nov 1998 22:08 UTC
2 messages, 85 lines: (1)-------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:53:04 -0800 From: Frederic Bloomquist <Frederic.Bloomquist@LLS.EDU> Organization: Loyola Law School Subject: Binding and indices Comments: To: lcorbett@ODU.EDU, SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Ms. Corbet: It is difficult to bind these at the same time the entire issue is due to be bound. I find the matter however, fairly trivial. If someone is searching for a magazine/journal chances are great that he/she already knows the pertinent cite. I imagine it fairly infrequent for a library user, especially a school library user, to search for an index and scan it for information. Of course, this probably does happen, more often than I assume. My theory is this. Collect several issues of an index and at the end of say four or five years, however long it takes for the pages to mandate a legitimate binding, then rather than pam binding, actually bind them as a separate issue. Waiting for indices to arrive presents several formidable problems. A binder might wait so long that an issue V. 1 #4 of a quarterly e.g., disappears from the shelf. One then either purchases a replacement issue or a replacement volume both of which are fairly costly, especially since the journal was paid for once already. Second while the information is indeed pertinent, a table of contents and quite often an index are included at the back of each individual journal. These might not be as comprehensive or subject oriented as cumulative indices, but again I think the import lies in binding an entire volume as soon as the opportunity arises. Bound volumes, my experience relates, are less likely to be "liberated". As for collecting and moving table of contents to the front of a completed volume while preparing it for the bindery, I don't. Usually binding companies charge more if you have made significant alterations to the original individual issues. I've been told it is because once something is removed from the book the company has no way of proving they themselves didn't lose a page(s) and are reluctant to be held responsible. They would rather you pay a higher binding cost so the binding company can incorporate this practice into their overall binding process. Tipping-in is time consuming and most libraries have neither the implements nor the expertise to accurately, neatly bind them in the back. Often times this can also degrade the overall quality of the "professional" bind. The proliferation and increased availability of information on-line or in microfilm format also reduces the necessity of a hard copy, cumulative table of contents. Case by case however there are some issues that simply require one bind any referential material with the volume and these should be bound at the the back of the book when the entire volume is bound. I wouldn't ignore them but the completed volume, in and of itself, 85% of the times is the most important thing. Therefore to insure a complete holdings, binding at the first opportunity in general should be the goal. I remain, Frederic E. Bloomquist Bindery Guy William M. Rains Law Library Loyola Law School Los Angeles, CA <Frederic.Bloomquist@LLS.EDU> (2)--------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:58:22 -0800 From: Frederic Bloomquist <Frederic.Bloomquist@LLS.EDU> Organization: Loyola Law School Subject: Re: Binding and indices Additionally, as a rule, when binding a volume table of contents should be bound in the front and indices in the back. F.E. Bloomquist