A journals binding system at Sunderland Polytechnic using dBase II

The paper describes the use of a Digital Rainbow computer for organising, listing, displaying and retrospectively storing records of journals sent for binding at Sunderland Polytechnic Library. It touches briefly on the problems of the old manual system, and on the general difficulties of establishing a binding policy. The paper goes on to describe the creation of the main database files, and the command files which produce lists for the binders, integrated informative lists of all material away at a time, and lists of journals not bound. Also described is the creation of separate disks and files for retrospective storing of binding of records. The results are twofold: a more informative and efficient system of recording binding issues has been produced; and the automated system has generated the formation of a comprehensive binding policy.