Hi Monica -
I typically search for missing issues through duplicate exchange via listserv's. In arts and architecture, there are still many titles that may not be published online. In some cases, due to copyright, the image may not be included in the electronic version or the scanned image may not be as high of quality of the original. It's a title by title situation for us.
-Steve
From: "Monica Howell" <mhowell@NWHEALTH.EDU>
To: "SERIALST" <SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG>
Sent: Monday, January 4, 2016 5:15:38 PM
Subject: [SERIALST] Filling in back issues of print journals?
Hello all,
I'm a relatively new serials technician and have been debating the relative merits of filling in incomplete volumes of print journals at my institution. Sometimes there's a gap in the middle of a run that seems obvious to fill when presented with the opportunity, particularly for a title with no online access or to which we might conceivably no longer have online access at some future time. Other times our holdings for a certain title end in the middle of a volume, and I'm left with the decision about whether to attempt to complete that volume.
What is your institution's approach to this situation? Would you try to complete a volume at the end of your print holdings for a title? Would it matter if you had online access, particularly if you felt your institution would always maintain that access due to the importance/status of the title?
I appreciate your thoughts!
Best,
Monica
Monica Howell, MLS, EdS
Serials Technician, Archivist
Greenawalt Library
Northwestern Health Sciences University
2501 W. 84th St., Bloomington, MN 55431
mhowell@nwhealth.edu
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