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Comment #00128 - Recommended Practices vs. Available Options - RP-12-201x_Physical Delivery_draft_for_public_comment_final.pdf

Comment 128
New (Unresolved)
NISO RP-12-201x, Physical Delivery of Library Resources (draft for public comment) (Revision 0)
Comment Submitted by
Ian Bogus
2011-08-10 12:55:36
Sent on behalf of the Preservation Standards and Practices Committee, ALCTS-PARS

Most of this standard describes good delivery practice in a clear and concise way. There are a couple sections that seem to deviate from a recommended practice to a discussion on the available practices.

Sections 4.2 & 4.3 include tables with six available options for affixing labels to and packaging materials respectively. Some of these options are downplayed in the text itself as relatively poor choices. To be effective as a “recommended practice” the options should be narrowed to only the choices that really are recommended. It is also unclear how the order of most to least recommended was determined. For example, rubber banding is listed as “low” in all three categories for affixing labels, but it is below thermal paper flags that are rated worst in all three categories.
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