Binding Tab

The Binding tab contains fields that will be used to indicate specifics about a title for which you want to have issues bound. This information may also be used to schedule Serial Group reports and determine when binding activities need to take place for specified titles.

The Binding tab includes the following information.

The following fields are defined for the Binding tab.

Binding Title

The Binding Title field is an optional note field, 40 characters long, which may contain instructions to library staff or the binding agent about the bound volume title. In cases where the complete title cannot fit on the spine or when titles are bound using a title other than the title in the 245 tag entry, this field may be used to record the title for binding.

For example:

Ladies/Home/Journal/MON/YEAR/to/MON/YEAR

Color

The Color field is an optional note field up to 40 characters long, which may contain instructions to library staff or the binding agent concerning the color of the binding and/or the color of the ink used on the binding cover.

Copies to Bind

The Copies to Bind field may contain the number of copies which should be collected and bound in physical volumes.

Date Sent to Bindery

The Date Sent to Bindery field may contain the date issues were sent to the bindery. Use the Calendar Gadget to define the bindery date.

Date to Bind

The Date to Bind field may contain the next date to collect issues for binding. After issues are collected, the date must be updated to the next collection date with the Modify Serial Control wizard. Use the Calendar Gadget to define the binding date.

Material

The Material field is an optional note field which may be up to 40 characters long and may contain instructions to library staff or the binding agent about the type of binding material to use.

Number to Bind

The Number to Bind field may contain the number of issues which should be collected and bound in a single physical volume.

Type of Binding

The Type of Binding field is an optional note field which may be up to 40 characters long. This field may contain instructions to library staff or the binding agent. In cases where the library binds materials in different ways, such as hard bound or spiral bound, this field may also be used.