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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:43:41 -0400
From: Lisa Macklin <lisa.macklin@IBID.LIBRARY.GATECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Classifying bound periodicals
Bill,
I have worked with 3 different shelving arrangements for journals in 3
different libraries:
1) all journals shelved by call number (bound and current)
2) all journals shelved alphabetically (bound and current)
3) current journals shelved alphabetically and bound volumes shelved by
call number
Each arrangement has its good points and bad points. It really depends on
your collection and your users. The drawbacks I saw for option 2 is that
the journal collection has no subject arrangement and title changes are
very problematic for users. Also, there is no way to integrate your
journal collection with your books. The drawback of option 3 is that
current issues have no subject arrangement, although the bound volumes do.
The plus is that users can simply look for their title on the shelf,
without having to look up a call number.
As part of your discussion in making the change, I would suggest you
consider the following:
1. The cost (both in staff and supplies) for putting call numbers on your
bound journals.
2. Whether or not you want to integrate the shelving of bound journals with
books.
3. Consider putting the call numbers for the bound volumes on the title
label for the current journals. This will make it easier for your patrons
to go from current to bound issues.
Lisa A. Macklin
Head, Serials Control Dept.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Library and Information Center
225 North Ave. NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0900
Phone: (404) 894-4517
FAX: (404) 894-1723
e-mail: lisa.macklin@library.gatech.edu
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 07:02:16 -0500
From: Merle Kimball <makimb@JANUS.SWEM.WM.EDU>
Subject: Re: Classifying bound periodicals
Bill,
Our bound periodicals are classified and intershelved with the
monographs, serials, etc. The current periodicals are arranged
alphabetically. It seems to work well though we have had people complain
about the current issues not being classified so periodicals in the same
subject area are together. We are not going to try adding call numbers to
current issues as we are understaffed. Our feeling is we would get the
opposite complaint.
The Library had a number of periodical sets unclassified when I
came in 1973 and everyone wanted them classified as it was confusing to
patrons. I much prefer classification as then they are arranged by subject
matter and title changes can be kept together.
However, we are considering separating all the bound periodicals
and putting them in a separate area but keeping them classified. Has
anyone done this? What kind of problems did you have in doing this? Was it
worth while? It is being considered because we are going to have an
addition built with compact shelving. Has anyone found shelving
periodicals in compact shelving difficult? Does it cause problems for the
user?
We have concluded that our patrons' preference all depends on the
arrangement they have been used to using at other libraries. We get
queries and complaints but there is no way to make everyone happy.
Merle Kimball
Serials Collection Management
& Preservation Librarian
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794
e-mail: makimb@mail.swem.wm.edu
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 11:18:22 +0000
From: rachel ben-eliezer <rachelb@mofet.macam98.ac.il>
Subject: Re: Classifying bound periodicals
Dear Bill
Last summer we spent the best part of 3 months reorganizing our
periodical collection so that both the bound and current journals were
organized alphabetically. All I can say is that we have never regretted
the move.Both the students and teachers are much happier with this
arrangement and find it much easier to locate journals. Our current
subscriptions stand at about 500 journals.
Rachel Ben Eliezer
Serials Librarian
David Yellin Teachers College
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
rachelb@dyellin.macam98.ac.il
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:16:15 -0400
From: Stephanie Gehring <stepgeh@REGENT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Classifying bound periodicals
Please respond to the list. I'd be interested in hearing opinions on this
as well. Thanks.
Stephanie S. Gehring
Law Serials Assistant
Regent University Law Library
Virginia Beach, VA
Phone: (757) 226-4377
E-mail: stepgeh@regent.edu
"To the world you may be nobody, but to somebody you may be the world."
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:57:16 EDT
From: Birdie MacLennan <bmaclenn@zoo.uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: Classifying bound periodicals
Bill (and others),
If you haven't done so already, I suggest searching the SERIALST archives
(http://list.uvm.edu/archives/serialst.html) for a range of other
perspectives on this topic . The question of whether or not to classify
periodicals has come up several times during the years -- at least once a
year since 1992 -- since SERIALST has been in existence. It appears to be
a question that serialists ask themselves often, and re-think from time
time.
I was curious as to what I might be able to find in the archives on a
simple keyword search: "classify periodicals". There's a bit of
noise in the hit rate, but, for what it's worth, I'm appending the index
of search results. Note that the "Recs" column indicates the length of
the message(s) in terms of line numbers.
Good luck in your process.
Best regards,
Birdie MacLennan
Coordinator, Serials & Cataloging
University of Vermont
bmaclenn@zoo.uvm.edu
Search results � SERIALST
Item # Date Time Recs Subject
000972 91/11/14 14:12 237 Re: Arrangement of Current
Display Area
001090 92/01/06 22:17 87 Retrospective Conversion of
Serials records
001502 92/07/16 14:13 99 Opinion on serials (fwd)
001535 92/08/07 17:30 69 Classifying newspapers
001616 92/09/22 17:37 63 Classifying Serials
001617 92/09/22 22:00 117 Classifying Serials
001619 92/09/23 10:40 91 Classifying Serials
002527 93/09/28 15:32 46 Classification of periodicals/serials
query (Charles F. Tremper)
002534 93/09/29 12:32 66 Re: Classification of
periodicals/serials query
002953 94/03/29 19:57 92 Re: Alphabetical to Classified Shelf
Arrangement (3 messages)
003339 94/08/11 16:21 76 Re: Online catalog access
003566 94/10/17 09:35 28 Re: Classified periodicals
003939 95/02/24 13:40 32 Classifying Periodicals
003946 95/02/27 14:16 52 Re: Classifying Periodicals
003951 95/02/28 11:20 21 Re: Classifying Periodicals
004150 95/05/01 16:46 25 alpha vs classification
005424 96/03/12 14:10 239 Summery of shelving issues.... (long)
006830 97/01/10 10:31 38 Re: Shelving journals with title
changes
007846 97/08/07 13:03 96 Re: Classifying periodicals
009380 98/08/28 14:01 20 Classifying bound periodicals
009383 98/08/28 17:47 74 Re: Classifying bound periodicals
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Bill Warren wrote:
> We are considering classing our bound periodicals (which are now shelved
> alphabetically), and leaving our current periodicals in alphabetical order.
> We have about 2,000 current subscriptions. We would be interested in the
> experiences of libraries with alphabetical current and classed bound
> collections: any problems this arrangement causes for users or staff, and/or
> advantages for either group. We thank in advance anyone who might respond.
>
> Bill Warren
> Middlebury College Library
> Middlebury, Vermont USA
> WARREN@MYRIAD.MIDDLEBURY.EDU
