I think everyone has different definitions of "oversize" that fit their
own situations.

Our in-house definition of "oversize" (as in shelved as a separate collection)
is that the physical piece must be at least 32cm in height, and NOT an art
book (clno:N...). Art books only go in oversize if they're 40cm or more. (The folks
making this decision decided that due to the different format of many art
books, keeping the bulk of the collection together by clno. was more important than splitting
them off by size).

Hope that helps.

Sue

On 6/15/2011 11:45 AM, bpope wrote:

Hello, everyone out there in Serials-land.

We are looking at getting compact shelving soon. I have been asked to find out how much of our bound periodicals area is considered oversize, as it may have be shelved separate from compact shelving. What is considered oversize with bound volumes? A cataloger in our tech services said anything over 30 cm (11.8 inches). By that definition, according to my student employee, Economist magazine is oversize, which does not seem right to me. Anyone have any ideas?

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Barbara M. Pope, MALS

Periodicals/Reference Librarian

Axe Library

Pittsubrg State University

1701 S. Broadway

Pittsburg KS 66762

620-235-4884

bpope@pittstate.edu