Ours sounds pretty much like others’.   We like to keep a manageable number of issues there, so stacks aren’t leaning and issues sliding off.  Ergo, if it’s a quarterly it’s Current 1 year; if it’s weekly, Current 2 months, etc.  We find it does raise the usage on these titles.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jeanette Skwor

Cofrin Library, Serials Dept.

(920) 465-2670

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Skoog
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 11:24 AM
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Subject: [SERIALST] New Periodicals Areas vs. Stacks

 

Hello,

We have a new periodicals area near the front of the library.  We keep the most current 3 issues of a periodical here.  The rest are kept in the stacks.

Some of them are

 

Does anyone else have a new periodicals area?  If so, how many issues do you keep here (the most current, the current year's worth?)

Thanks!


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Jason Skoog

Archivist and Systems Librarian
Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
608-796-3262

 

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