Shelf List Cards & Serials Records on Cards (4 messages) Marcia Tuttle 12 Feb 1999 16:29 UTC
----------(1) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:24:00 -0600 From: Dena Luce <dluce@FAULKNER.EDU> Subject: Re: Shelf List Cards & Serials Records on Cards (Peter Washkevich) All of our holdings are now in electronic format. The only 'paper' I refer to are the title lists I run which the students use for shelving, since our serials are in several locations. I do run a list of titles 'at bindery' for handy reference too. >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:47:01 -0500 >From: "Washkevich, Peter" <washkevich@MARSHALL.EDU> >Subject: Shelf List Cards & Serials Records on Cards > >I'd like to know how many Serials departments still rely on any records in >card format, whether as shelf-list, check-in, deletion files, etc. > >When is the right time to discard these files? > >Are we now in an era when a Serials department can be run 100% >electronically? > > >Peter Washkevich / Marshall University Dena Lahue Luce, M.L.S. (334) 260-6209 phone Public Services Librarian (334) 260-6299 fax Faulkner University dluce@faulkner.edu Gus Nichols Library 5345 Atlanta Hwy. Montgomery, AL 36109-3398 ----------(2) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:17:08 -0500 From: "Susan E. Sturgeon" <ssturgeo@SALEM.MASS.EDU> Subject: Re: Shelf List Cards & Serials Records on Cards (Peter Washkevich) I would advise against tossing kardex files short of 3 years or so after shifting to electronic format. History can be very important in serials management. SUSAN STURGEON SERIALS DEPARTMENT SALEM STATE COLLEGE LIBRARY 352 LAFAYETTE ST. SALEM MA 01970 NEW E-mail address:susan.sturgeon@salem.mass.edu ----------(3) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:28:54 -0500 From: Stephanie Gehring <stepgeh@REGENT.EDU> Subject: Re: Shelf List Cards & Serials Records on Cards (Peter Washkevich) Peter, We recently (within the last year) completely "discarded" our cards. Everything is now computerized. However, because there were several in the department who were a little nervous about tossing all those cards and trusting entirely on the electronic format, we decided we would pack the cards away for a year or so to see if anyone felt the need to refer to them. To my knowledge, no one (not even those who were less than enthusiastic about the change) have touched them in the last 12 months. --Stephanie ___________________________ Stephanie S. Gehring Law Serials Assistant Regent University Law Library Virginia Beach, VA Phone: 757/226-4377 E-mail: stepgeh@regent.edu ----------(4) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:06:30 -0800 From: Marcella Lesher <acadmarc@STMARYTX.EDU> Reply-To: "SEREDIT: SERIALST Editors" <SEREDIT@LIST.UVM.EDU> We still use cards to indicate volumes that have been bound. It helps us know what we are looking for if we are missing an item (either a bound volume or loose issues) and also prompts us to check for missing issues when something comes back from the bindery. If we've skipped a year and don't already have it noted we go down and check to see why the previous year hasn't been bound. It's a rather tedious process but we are a fairly small library and can handle the task. Marcella Lesher Academic Library St. Mary's University--San Antonio