What is the relationship of e-resources and serials management to the check-in of paper serials?
Serials management has changed considerably during the last decade. During the last few years serials orders, subscription maintenance and payments for CUL’s print serials collections have become increasingly intertwined with those for our e-resources, many bound together for various contractual obligations and price considerations. Combining the management of these subscriptions in one unit will improve problem resolution, the handling of access questions, and other matters. After an analysis of serials receipt and processing several years ago, distributed on-site check-in of journal issues was initiated for libraries throughout the CUL system. This has proven to be an effective policy and will not change. The receipt and processing of serials will remain in the individual unit libraries.
