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Since we are contemplating, again, circulating magazines, some questions about magazine management in general have arisen. 1) Does your library circulate any magazines (or all magazines)? If you don't circulate all magazines, which do you NOT circulate, and why? Yes we do circulate all our magazines, even the children's titles. We have purchased plastic magazine holders from Demco, put a barcode on them, and then check that out to the patron. 2) If you circulate magazines, do you have two subscriptions to the titles that you circulate (one to retain, and one to circulate)? Nope, we just have the one as we do not circulate the most recent issues but patrons can check out all back issues we have. 3) Do you bind back issues of magazines? If you do, why do you choose to bind some titles, and not others? While I came from a serials background (working, here in Texas, in serials at the Benson Latin American Collection) it is hard for me not too bind but we do not bind because of: 1) space; 2) we do not get many titles; 3) the titles we get are more in the nature of "light" reading and not academic, research, scientific, etc.; 4) many of our titles are available via TexShare in full-text; 5) lack of staff to deal with the binding company, pulling issues, looking for lost issues, etc.; 6) money - it is expensive and since we are so small our discount would not be great; and 7) patron demand is fairly low for out magazines. 4) How long do you retain back issues? Do you retain for a longer period if the back issues are bound? We only keep our back issues of adult titles for about 3-6 months and we recycle them and/or donate them to homeschoolers, preschools, and a nursing home. So far we have kept all issues of the titles that we purchase for children. Angela Angela K. Palmer Bee Cave Public Library 13333-A Highway 71 West Bee Cave, Texas 78738 512.767.6625 512.767.6629 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.beecavetexas.com <http://www.beecavetexas.com/> ________________________________ From: Robert Logan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ctls-l] Magazine mangement This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- Since we are contemplating, again, circulating magazines, some questions about magazine management in general have arisen. 1) Does your library circulate any magazines (or all magazines)? If you don't circulate all magazines, which do you NOT circulate, and why? 2) If you circulate magazines, do you have two subscriptions to the titles that you circulate (one to retain, and one to circulate)? 3) Do you bind back issues of magazines? If you do, why do you choose to bind some titles, and not others? 4) How long do you retain back issues? Do you retain for a longer period if the back issues are bound? Any answers will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Robert Logan Manager, Collection Development and Technical Services Round Rock Public Library System 216 East Main Round Rock, TX 78664 Telephone: (512) 218-7014//Fax: (512) 218-7061
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