Abstract
For many librarians, information scientists, researchers, agents and publishers, both in this country and abroad, the name Span is virtually synonymous with serials. Serials are a very important aspect of life at the Document Supply Centre, and they have been ever since the earliest days, when the National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLLST) was founded in West Yorkshire on the site of a one-time ordnance factory in 1962. The core of the serials collection at this time consisted of 10,000 titles which had been transferred from the Science Museum Library in London. The size of the serials collection at Boston Spa then and now is what singles it out as different. The size has been the major impetus towards automation. The graph opposite shows the growth in the number of currently received serials over the years, as well as the number of titles on-order. Today's figure of ~54,500 currently received titles makes DSC's serials collection one of the largest in the world
Highlights
Information scientists, researchers, agents and publishers, both in this country and abroad, the name "Boston Span is virtually synonymous with serials
The core of the serials collection at this time consisted of 10,000 titles which had been transferred from the Science Museum Library in London
The system was used to produce a number of printed outputs for use in the library which included: a) "Kalamazoo sheets" generated with one sheet printed for each title for recording the date as each part was received ; b) an annual checklist in title order ; c) annual re-orders for our agents ; d) weekly listing of new orders ; e) complete "main list" printout used partly for control and partly as a tool for dealing with loan/photocopy requests which had failed at the shelf
Summary
Paperpresented at the UK Serials GroupAnnual Conference, Lee&, March 28-31 1988. For many librarians, information scientists, researchers, agents and publishers, both in this country and abroad, the name "Boston Span is virtually synonymous with serials. Serials are a very important aspect of life at the Document Supply Centre, and they have been ever since the earliest days, when the National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLLST) was founded in West Yorkshire on the site of a one-time ordnance factory in 1962. Today's figure of ~54,500currently received titles makes DSC's serials collection one of the largest in the world. - at DSC for serials either for individual articles or whole issues was 2'/4 million in 1987/88, representing 76% of total demand. The length of time that we have been involved with serials, combined with the ever growing size of the collection, means that, over the last 25 years, a great deal of experience in dealing with every aspect of serials has been developed, and one of the main areas where experience has been gained is in the field of automation. Mike Wheatley is Head of Conlpuli~lg atld Data Cotntvlrnicafiotts at the British Library Doclttltetlt Supply Centre
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