I am only alerted to missing pages a few times a year.  There is only a modest amount of time one has to devote to properly formatting the replacement pages in question and then tipping them in at the proper location.  I cannot imagine the time saved by foregoing an inter-library request for the photocopies in favor of printing out and tipping in notice makes any noticeable difference when assessed against the work time betwixt and between such tasks being brought to one's attention. 
 
One odd element of such tasks is the frequency with which the lending library sends you copies of the wrong pages or sends you photocopies of such poor quality that you cannot use them and the request must be restated.  Can't figure why that is. 
 
IW

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Pennington, Buddy D. <penningtonb@umkc.edu> wrote:

We did this as well but discontinued this a few years ago.  We simply felt that the time was better spent doing other things.  We now insert a colored sheet that refers people to other options for the missing content (either check for the online version of the journal or request it through ILL).

 

We also started doing this with our claiming operations as well.  Previously we would bend over backwards to get our hands on unreceived journal issues (either claiming ad infinitum or buying the issues if they were available). Now if an issue is not received after three claims, we bind incomplete with the colored sheet inserted where the issue(s) would be.

 

 

Buddy Pennington

Serial Acquisitions Librarian

University of Missouri - Kansas City

800 East 51st Street

Kansas City, MO  64110

Phone: 816-235-1548

Fax: 816-333-5584

Email: penningtonb@umkc.edu

 

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Picerno
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:53 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Replacing missing pages

 

Dear Collective Wisdom:

 

I am hoping that a few of you will be able to give me some input on the following:

 

My administration would like to know what other libraries experience in getting ILL documents to replace missing pages in journals. We have been doing this as part of our bindery prep, but are questioning the time and cost effectiveness versus the lasting result. Has your library done this in the past and (a) discontinued the practice, (b) continues this practice, or has this not ever been a practice at your library? What are the considerations in your decision??

 

Please feel free to reply off-list (and I’ll be at NASIG from 4 – 8 June, so not able to reply to e-mails during that time).

 

Thanks,

 

 

Peter V. Picerno

Serials & E-Resources

Asst. Head, Resource Development

Green Library GL 810

Florida International University

University Park

Miami  FL   33199

Ph: 305.348.6279

Fax: 305.348.1798

 

 




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