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Hi Kirsty, Thanks for asking. We get most of ours IN wrappers, but would prefer them out of them for the environmental reason you mention. Also, from what I have seen, if damage is going to occur, it is just as likely with a plastic wrapper as without. We are a small library (just over 300 subs) and we only get three or four issues a year that arrive in mangled condition. (We are just as likely to get an empty wrapper with a few chopped pages in it with an apology from the U.S. Mail as we are to get one like that without a wrapper.) I have to keep track of the postage labels, so if we get duplicates, I can contact our vendor with a copy of the label so we can get all our issues. It would be MUCH easier if these labels were on the issue themselves in all cases! I am sure you will get much mail from other librarians who like the shrink wrap plastic, but I can certainly do without. Thanks again for asking. Karen Bolton Serials Librarian [log in to unmask] Milwaukee School of Engineering Walter Schroeder Library 1025 N. Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109 -----Original Message----- From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LUFF, Kirsty Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:43 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Journals without wrappers? Dear colleagues Due to our own environmental concerns, and because some of our society partners are requesting it, we're investigating the feasibility of sending out some journals without wrappers. The cover of these journals would instead contain a sticker with address information which could be easily removed. We understand that a number of journals, notably Nature and Science, are already sent out this way in the US? We would appreciate answers, on or off list, to the following questions: 1. Do you receive journals without wrappers? 2. If so, do they arrive damaged? 3. Do you/how often do you have to raise claims to the publisher for damaged copies? Many thanks in advance. Kirsty Kirsty Luff | Senior Communications & Marketing Manager Oxford Journals | Oxford University Press Great Clarendon Street | Oxford | OX2 6DP +44 (0)1865 354206 [log in to unmask] <blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask]> Keep updated on prices, products, services, and other news at www.oxfordjournals.org/librarians <blocked::http://www.oxfordjournals.org/librarians>