Packaging Science
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Information Access Policy
Packaging Science is a discipline involving the use of materials, methods, and machinery to develop and produce packages that protect and preserve products, instruct the consumer and help market the product. Environmental concerns are very important in packaging selection and design. Packaging is a large, international industry, an extremely dynamic, rapidly growing field. On the basis of gross sales, it is the third largest industry in the United States. Virtually everything grown or manufactured is packaged in some fashion. The food industry is the largest user of packages, but non-food packaging is essential also. ... The student in Packaging Science will select from two emphasis areas: Food Packaging and General Packaging. The basic curricula are the same, but students selecting the Food Packaging option are required to take more food-related courses. Those selecting the General Packaging option can concentrate in other areas of specialty, such as environmental science or graphic communication. (Taken from the degree description in the 1996/97 Undergraduate Announcements)
User Profile:
Print and non-print, the Packaging Science reading room has a large collection of video tapes. Cooper's collection will be primarily print and electronic material.
English language primarily
Recent material with some historical information
Primarily United States and Great Britain
Emphasis will be give to current, up-to-date information published within the last five years.
The Library of Congress classifications for packaging are extensive in that packaging information falls under many different classifications depending upon the package media(cans, cardboard, plastics, etc.) as well as the product(food, medicine, electronics, etc.) being packaged. Transportation of products and environmental issues are also important subject areas within the packaging industry. An effort has been made to be inclusive of major areas but some classifications for this subject area may be omitted by oversight.
Material not owned by the Clemson University Libraries may be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loans.
Commercial document delivery suppliers are available through services such as Faxon Finder
Many electronic sources are available for access to information. See current bibliographies for packaging science for those sources that are currently available.
Full text articles are available from electronic sources such as ABI Inform, LEXIS/NEXIS(for classroom assignment), Internet access to IAC Expanded Academic Index ASAP and the IAC General Business File ASAP and DIALOG.
Periodicals in the subject classifications related to packaging science
At the present time there is not an approval plan for packaging science
Publishers' catalogs are a primary source for selection
Keyword searching on BIP identifies new titles in packaging science
Monographic material, with an imprint of 1980 or earlier, which has not circulated for the last ten years will be reviewed for weeding.
Bibliographies related to packaging science will be checked periodically against our holdings
Circulation Profile: A profile of specific subject areas heavily used are given instead of providing total circulation statistics for the classifications covering packaging. Subject Areas with Highest Circulation:
Material Borrowed:
Background Information: There are strong collections in the related areas of material that may be packaged such as food, medicine, and electronics. The collection is also strong in areas of the materials that may be used for packaging such as forest products and plastics. Due to no interlibrary loan activity it appears that the basic packaging science collection is meeting the curriculum requirements for the undergraduate degree. The number of books published in packaging science is not high. Circulation of the books is exceptionally high with a rate of 82% or higher. Emphasis should be placed on updating the collection. Many of the titles are over 10 years old. As the number of students increases, consideration should be given to duplication of titles--ordering more than one copy of some of the most popular titles--those that have circulated 15 or more times. Food packaging is the strongest area in the collection. More emphasis should be placed on healthcare product and electronic product packaging. A small Packaging Science Library is located in the Packaging Science Department. This library has a large collection of videos related to the packaging industry and some periodicals, books and other printed material not located in Cooper Library.
Access to Information Percentage Estimated Cost (1996 costs)
The Packaging collection is heavily used, even the older editions of titles. The collection should be updated because much of the material is 10 years or older. Many of the packaging periodical titles have been canceled over the past 15 years. With inactive interlibrary loan activity in this field, it appears that the present periodical collection is meeting the basic curriculum needs. Although there is not a research component to the Packaging Science program, packaging is related to several other research programs such as food science, nutrition, polymer chemistry, forest products, electrical and computer engineering, transportation engineering and environmental science. Market studies in packaging science and global packaging information are lacking in the collection. |
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