But then there's the cost to the environment, of course! 

We are in the middle of a huge environmental push here, and have "blue bins" for our (coloured) paper, magazines, etc. They're collected by the same company who recycles our white paper. The cost is minimal when you consider the green advantages!! (But we all have budgetary constraints, of course!! It costs us around £40 a week for about 8 bins, that's rental and picking up!)

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Emma.

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From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marina Logan-Bruce
Sent: 01 December 2005 10:34
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Subject: Re: Costs of binning print copies of journals

We are doing a bit of both. 

VAT makes a big hole in a budget for a library our size. It makes economic sense to go for e-only when staff costs are taken into account but we have the staff, its done dusted and paid for so to speak. space is a major concern here as well so taking all things into consideration we are biting the bullet and shelling out the VAT on single subs for big research journals.

We are also going to looking at what print titles we start binning for subs where the print keeps coming whether we want it or not. 

Im not sure there is a direct cost to the library of binning this sort of stuff. of course we would not have the same volume as you. we dont currently pay for trash to be carted away so it just goes into a heavy duty black bag and into our skip.

Best wishes

Marina


Marina Logan Bruce
Library Services Manager
St. George's University of London
Cranmer Terrace
LONDON SW17 0RE
Tel: 020 8725 5452


----- Original Message -----
From: "Smith, Simone I G" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2005 10:11 am
Subject: Costs of binning print copies of journals
> Hello,
> 
> Please can anyone help me? My manager has asked me to look for 
> information which answers the following question:
> 
> whether from an economic point of view an academic library should 
> subscribe to e-only and take a hit on the VAT, or go for print & 
> electronic and bin the print?
> 
> I would be very interested to hear how you are tackling this issue. 
> Has anyone estimated the cost of binning the print copies? Staff time 
> is spent opening and dealing with the incoming journals, and the costs 
> of disposal are involved as well. I will be very grateful for any 
> responses.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Simone Smith
> 
> Ms Simone Smith
> Senior Library Assistant
> Information Resources Development
> Central Library
> Imperial College London
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