The University of Rochester&#39;s Rush Rhees Library has in the past (and I imagine still) classified and interfiled their bound periodicals, with a reading room where the unbound current issues are arranged alphabetically.  I haven&#39;t mucked around in there much since 1995 and paper periodicals are now comparatively inconsequential, but some of their people could educate  you on how well it worked (works?) for them.  IW<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Nancy Bennett <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:nbennett@carrollu.edu">nbennett@carrollu.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am still fairly new to Serials (6 months) and my director has come up with an idea of inter-filing the print periodicals with our main collection.  They would still be non-circulating, but he feels that inter-filing them will increase usage because they will be more browseable.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">What are the philosophical thoughts on having this set-up?  Pros and Cons?  Has anyone made this change and what did you learn?  Did it increase usage of the periodicals?  What would you have done differently?  What timeline did you have?  (He wants this done this summer, which seems unrealistic at best).</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Any insights would be greatly appreciated.  You can contact me off-list if you wish and I can compile a summary for the list.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks so much!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nancy</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: gray">Nancy A. Bennett</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: gray">Electronic Resources &amp; Systems Librarian</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: blue"><a target="_top" href="mailto:nbennett@carrollu.edu" target="_blank">nbennett@carrollu.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><strong><font color="#006600" face="garamond,serif"><font color="#336666">I. Woodward<br>Serials Desk<br>Colgate University Libraries<br>
Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology<br>13 Oak Drive<br>Hamilton, N.Y. 13346<br><br>Ph.:    315-228-7306<br>Fax:   315-228-7934<br></font><br>I haven&#39;t gone anywhere.  I&#39;m employed.  -  Joe DiMaggio  [att.]</font></strong><br>