refers to the current, single issues of a periodical, before they have been bound together to form physical volumes. Usually, unbound journals do not circulate.
In bookbinding and publishing, unbound indicates that the object has never been bound, as used in unbound sheets. Unbound differs from disbound, which means that a binding has been removed. See also BINDING SHEET
A book that was never bound into covers, such as “unbound sheets” which were, for whatever reason, never bound by the publisher. Not to be confused with “Disbound”.
has no binding (and has never been bound): see also disbound.
indicates that the item has never been bound.
an item which has never been bound.
adj. not having an associated denotation in a binding. See bound.
a term used to distinguish loose issues of periodicals which have not yet been bound. most often, these are the newest issues.