Instead of barcoding individual issues, we keep a rolodex of barcodes – one for each title. All the statistics go into one item record that is zeroed out at the end of the statistical year. We do the same for our microfiche titles.
--Dana
Dana Belcher, Asst Library Director
East Central University
Linscheid Library
1100 E. 14th St.
Ada, OK 74820
580-559-5564
580-436-3242 fax
dbelcher@ecok.edu
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Dougherty
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:57 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] tracking usage of current print journal issues
Hi,
I’m a new serials librarian. We are barcoding our bound journal issues for inventory and statistical purposes. But with current issues, we'll be deleting those individual barcodes once they are bound and replacing them with one for the bound volume, and would therefore lose the stats associated with those barcodes. I’d be interested to hear how other libraries handle this issue.
Thanks.
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Kate Dougherty
Electronic Resources & Government Documents Librarian
Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library
Southern University at New Orleans
6400 Press Drive
New Orleans, LA 70126
504-286-5222