<div dir="ltr">My library stopped a number of years ago, too, for the same reason -- to save on bindery costs.  But we use the cardboard file boxes for the loose issues: 

<a href="http://www.shopbrodart.com/Library-School-Supplies/Shelf-Organization-Supplies/Princeton-and-Shelf-Files/_/Super-Budget-Cut-Corner-Shelf-Files/?=">http://www.shopbrodart.com/Library-School-Supplies/Shelf-Organization-Supplies/Princeton-and-Shelf-Files/_/Super-Budget-Cut-Corner-Shelf-Files/?=</a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:45 AM Arndt,Theresa <<a href="mailto:arndtt@dickinson.edu">arndtt@dickinson.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dickinson stopped binding serials back in 2009 to save money.  We simply put the unbound issues on the shelf (no containers).   Not binding also saves staff time.   It hasn’t been a problem, although I should
 mention that we are increasingly using online journals, so use of our print serials has declined accordingly.  
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">- Best, Theresa<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Theresa Arndt</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> Eril-l <<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Houeida Charara<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Binding print serials<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I am interested to know if anyone is opting for keeping print serials issues in plastic bags instead of binding them (to reduce binding cost).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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