We receive
Wall St. Journal & NYT and retain 3 months received.
Watertown Daily Times (regional paper ; appx. 75 miles away)
– retain 3 months received.
Daily Courier Observer – the LOCAL paper; we retain all until
microfilm is received.
Newspapers – appx. latest week to ten days are in alephabetic pile(s) on top of 3-drawer filing cabinets. Earlier issues are drawered, in reverse order, in cabinet
directly below.
Sue Dresye
From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG]
On Behalf Of Jason Skoog
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:41 AM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] newspaper retention periods
We keep the local paper, which comes daily, for two months. Part of this is shelf space, but I also don't think there is a need as most people just read the paper recreationally.
The only other paper we have is the student newspaper, published once a month. I keep a year's worth (they are digitized and will soon be online permanently).
Jason Skoog
Archivist and Systems Librarian
Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
608-796-3262
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Mark Winek <mdw65@georgetown.edu> wrote: