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Trainee
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:42 pm
Post subject: usage of periodical collection of public libraries |
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Hello everybody,
I am a student in The Netherlands and im studying library science. At
this moment i am in a internship at a public library in The
Netherlands.
I have to start a literature research about the usage of periodicals
in the library in English! The library where i work as a intern does
not lend out periodicals (like one journal or a magazine). They do lend
out binded ones, but just a few.
So here's my problem i have been trying to find a article or internet
source that describes how libraries in the US or UK handle with
periodicals. How do they know which periodicals are most read when
periodicals are not being lend out?
I have been trying all of the search terms i could think of for
example: periodicals public library, periodicals collection management,
usage of periodicals collection management. But i hardly get anything
useful!!
I hope some of you can at least help me with beter search terms!!
I would really appreciate it!
A hopelesss nearly desperate Trainee!!!
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Lars Eighner
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:19 am
Post subject: Re: usage of periodical collection of public libraries |
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In our last episode,
<1131640967.011565.16190@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, the
lovely and talented Trainee broadcast on alt.usage.english:
| Quote: | I hope some of you can at least help me with beter search terms!!
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In US libraries, periodicals are usually called "serials" and
"catalogue" is usually spelt "catalog."
library serial lending policy
library serial catalog
library serial policy
are google strings which seem to return many hits, which on
cursory examination seem to include some that are relevant to
your query.
--
Lars Eighner usenet@larseighner.com http://www.larseighner.com/
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism,
to steal ideas from many is research." --Anon. |
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Trainee
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:16 am
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wauw! Thank you!!!!!!!!!! you really helped me out on this one!!!
I already found some articles in a online databank...but they were all
UK english, but i used Periodicals that explains it! 
So thank you very much for explaining also.
But if someone has more tips those are ofcourse welcome too because im
not that familiar with the US terms
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nancy13g
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:56 am
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Lars Eighner wrote:
| Quote: | In US libraries, periodicals are usually called "serials" and
"catalogue" is usually spelt "catalog."
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Well, I agree about the spelling of "catalog", but I've never heard of
a periodical being called a "serial". To me, the word "serial" means
the old-fashioned kind of silent movies where the heroine was tied to
the railroad tracks by the evil villain with the handlbar mustache.
Doing mo own Google search shows that the word is occasionally used to
mean "periodical", so I admit that you are at least partially correct,
but I don't think I'd say they are *usually* called that. Perhaps
"sometimes" would be more accurate.
Anyway, I suggest that the original poster add "circulation" to his
list of search terms. Searching for + library + periodical +
circulation gave me many apparently useful hits, including this one:
http://www.ilcso.uiuc.edu/Web/Network/031204_statspck.html
Good luck to the OP -- it's a tough concept to feed into Google, I
agree. |
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:00 am
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nancy13g wrote:
| Quote: | Lars Eighner wrote:
In US libraries, periodicals are usually called "serials" and
"catalogue" is usually spelt "catalog."
Well, I agree about the spelling of "catalog", but I've never heard
of
a periodical being called a "serial".[...]
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Serial publication is the standard technical term in BrE, too.
Consider selling the "serial rights" to something you've written. But
in the public library you'd find "periodicals", of course.
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Mike. |
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Mark Brader
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:27 am
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Lars Eighner:
| Quote: | In US libraries, periodicals are usually called "serials" ...
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Nancy G.:
| Quote: | Well, I agree about the spelling of "catalog", but I've never heard of
a periodical being called a "serial".
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It's mostly librarians' jargon, but there's one place where you see it
being used without realizing it. Whereas books usually have an ISBN,
on periodicals you'll find an ISSN. The second S stands for "serial".
| Quote: | To me, the word "serial" means
the old-fashioned kind of silent movies where the heroine was tied to
the railroad tracks by the evil villain with the handlbar mustache.
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That's another meaning, of course.
--
Mark Brader "HE'S the brains of the outfit."
Toronto "What does that make you?"
msb@vex.net "What else? An executive!"
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nancy13g
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:50 am
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Mark Brader wrote:
| Quote: | It's mostly librarians' jargon, but there's one place where you see it
being used without realizing it. Whereas books usually have an ISBN,
on periodicals you'll find an ISSN. The second S stands for "serial".
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Thanks - that's my "something new" that I've learned for today!
(Guess that means I can slack off for the rest of the night now) |
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Nate Branscom
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:05 am
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I think I like "Wauw!" better than "Wow!" It looks like a Hawaiian
word or maybe, Christopher Walken-ese. |
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
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On 10 Nov 2005 08:42:47 -0800, "Trainee" <niloufar.soekhai@gmail.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | Hello everybody,
I am a student in The Netherlands and im studying library science. At
this moment i am in a internship at a public library in The
Netherlands.
I have to start a literature research about the usage of periodicals
in the library in English! The library where i work as a intern does
not lend out periodicals (like one journal or a magazine). They do lend
out binded ones, but just a few.
So here's my problem i have been trying to find a article or internet
source that describes how libraries in the US or UK handle with
periodicals. How do they know which periodicals are most read when
periodicals are not being lend out?
I have been trying all of the search terms i could think of for
example: periodicals public library, periodicals collection management,
usage of periodicals collection management. But i hardly get anything
useful!!
I hope some of you can at least help me with beter search terms!!
I would really appreciate it!
A hopelesss nearly desperate Trainee!!!
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I'm not a librarian, but I use the library frequently. Neither the
Orange County nor the Seminole County library lends periodicals. Both
libraries have magazine shelves where the current issues are available
and open stacks where the back issues are kept. Back issues are
available for the past 12 or 24 months, but they evidently discard
them after that period. They don't have bound copies of any
magazines.
I checked the sites for both libraries and both have e-mail contact
links. If you want to find out more information on library policy, I
suggest you e-mail a sampling of public libraries.
If you do e-mail, note that US English capitalizes the word"I", we
refer to bound copies and not binded copies, and we discourage the use
of exclamation marks in normal correspondence.
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Tony Cooper
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:11:29 GMT, Tony Cooper
<tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
| Quote: | If you do e-mail, note that US English capitalizes the word"I", we
refer to bound copies and not binded copies, and we discourage the use
of exclamation marks in normal correspondence.
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What are you on about? *All* varieties of English have the word "I"
capitalized, and who's the "we" in "we discourage"? There is nothing
wrong with exclamation marks if not overdone, despite the
protestations over them from a few spoilsports in this august company.
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Charles Riggs |
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:19:46 -0600, Lars Eighner
<usenet@larseighner.com> wrote:
| Quote: | In our last episode,
1131640967.011565.16190@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, the
lovely and talented Trainee broadcast on alt.usage.english:
I hope some of you can at least help me with beter search terms!!
In US libraries, periodicals are usually called "serials"
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I wouldn't think so. I don't recall them ever being called that.
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Charles Riggs |
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