At one library, we set retention periods based on the height of a stack of papers on the shelf. The periodicals room staff told us that stacks over a foot high
tended to get messy quickly, so our goal was to limit stacks to 12 inches high. As I recall, we ended with a two-week retention period for dailies, a two-month period for weeklies and biweeklies, and a six month period for monthlies. The only exception was
our local paper; we kept several stacks for it and discarded as microfilm copy arrived. – Ginger Williams
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Subject: [SERIALST] newspaper retention periods
Do you have a rule of thumb for how long you retain newspapers on the shelf?
We receive a variety of international and domestic newspapers that are dailies, weeklies, biweeklies and monthlies. All are discarded after a variety of time periods. I'm trying to standardize that based on the publication frequency and
I'm wondering if others have a rule of thumb that works. Any information is helpful!
Mark Winek
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