So in that case, I think the case you make to your director for continuing your binding program is going to have to really focus on local needs: what problem does it solve for your particular students and faculty when these remaining journals are bound
rather than left unbound? If they’re getting heavy use, then the preservation value of binding will be key to your argument, as will the cost/security issue of tattletaping bound volumes rather than individual issues. In the case of some journals (like the
ones in art history and related fields, as others have mentioned), you may need to preserve access to the printed images because the online versions aren’t as useful.
If you haven’t already done so, and if you have the chance to talk with your director and figure out why s/he sees the need for binding differently than you do, that would probably be a very valuable conversation to have. It may be that s/he doesn’t see
the whole picture, or that you don’t see the whole picture, or that you and your director simply have different views on what budget priorities should be highest. (Or all three!)
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Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication
Marriott Library, University of Utah
Desk: (801) 587-9989
Cell: (801) 721-1687
rick.anderson@utah.edu
Rick,
We’ve gone online as much as we can or as much as faculty will let us in the last 10 years. We only have 306 print serial titles left in our current periodicals room. 30-40 of those
306 titles are “keep current x years only” (popular type) titles, of which 20 of those I added this past spring. We don’t bind JSTOR or Project Muse titles. Money is tight, so we cannot really replace back volumes with electronic on a wide scale. We’ve
been cut over 150K out of our budget (collections and staff) in the last couple years (and now are on performance funding from the state and could lose more $$); however, we have managed to purchase new JSTOR collections this past FY. Being a state school,
we’re obligated to be responsible with what we’ve spent state money on. I have overflowing shelves and need to do something with them. We could put tattle strips in each issue, but I’m sure that would be more than sending them to be bound.
Mykie
Mykie, can you tell us why you’d rather bind than replace back volumes with online access?
Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication
Marriott Library, University of Utah
Hi,
Could you all help me come up with reasons to continue binding periodicals? I have some (saving money-rather than putting security strips in every issue, security, being fiscally
responsible with state money, etc.), but I’m looking for more to make my case. Last year, I was only able to send out 200 items, and my director didn’t really want me to send that much. We have overflowing shelves and really need to send more out.
Thanks in advance!
Mykie
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Morehead State University
Camden-Carroll Library
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Morehead, KY 40351
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