We use a magazine and newspaper delivery service - the kind that makes bulk deliveries to stores. They deliver daily in the morning, but there is a delivery charge. We get 3 newspapers from them. It's become quite expensive. Frankly, I am closely watching the development of e-readers and e-paper in the hope that they will be good enough that we can replace print with electronic for newspapers.
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Penny Lochner
Head of Collection Resource Management
Trexler Library
Muhlenberg College
2400 W. Chew Street
Allentown, PA 18104-5564
USA
email: plochner@muhlenberg.edu
voice: 484-664-3561
fax: 484-664-3511
>>> Lori Rotterman <LRotterman@DAYTONMETROLIBRARY.ORG> 9/18/2009 9:33 AM >>>
We receive our NYT subscription through mail delivery. It can take up to a week (or sometimes slightly more) for a particular issue to arrive, but we do get them all eventually.
I believe (although I am not sure, since I am not involved in the acquisitions department and therefore do not see the cost figures) that the mail delivery type of subscription is also considerably cheaper than daily delivery.
Lori Rotterman
Clerk 2
Magazines & Special Collections Division
Dayton Metro Library
Dayton, Ohio
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Downey, Maria
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:51 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] New York Times Delivery
Hello All,
The New York Times has stopped providing daily newspaper delivery for our library.
Have other libraries been cut off of delivery service and if so how are you providing access to the NYT?
Thank you,
Kay
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Kay Downey, Collection Management Librarian
University Libraries
Kent State University
1125 Risman Drive
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
330 672 5000
mdowney1@kent.edu