Has anyone come up with a grand master plan on how to handle the physical serials and the public with COVID-19?
We’re a small academic library with a physical holdings of about 14 newspapers and 381 journals and magazines. For the newspapers, I am looking into either switching over our subscriptions from print to online only OR just cancelling all
together. For the couple of newspapers that we can’t switch over (locals) a few ideas have been bouncing around i.e. laminate them AND/OR keep behind the service desk where patrons would have to request them and wear gloves. As for all the journals and magazines….
rope off the section and have the patrons make requests? I’m not too sure what to do. Honestly, our physical collection doesn’t have heavy use, but it does get used.
As we’re getting closer to the fall semester starting and students coming back, it’s hard to plan for the unknown and the handling of materials.
Thanks All!
Amanda
Amanda Fleming
Serials Coordinator
Linfield University
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
900 SE Baker St. Unit A522
McMinnville OR 97128
503-883-2540
