Serials
Collection
Development
Peter Whiting - Serials Technical Services
Librarian
Serials
include newspaper, magazines, journals, yearbooks, annual reports,
and other sequential publications. Serials are produced in different
formats:
paper, microform (reels of microfilm or sheets of microfiche).
The Serials
staff is responsible for all areas of serials handling and control:
- Serials
Acquisitions - ordering and receiving current subscriptions;
also tracking and investigating missing issues and billing errors.
- Serials
Cataloging - making serials accessible by creating and maintaining
the records of the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC, also known
as
Webvoyager); also physically applying labels and call numbers.
- Serials
Binding & Repairs - the useful life of serials is extended
by
on-site efforts to repair worn issues or bind small groups of issues
in the
process of peg-binding. Larger binding projects are accomplished by
sending
groups of selected issues to a commercial bindery.
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