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Subject: Re: Title Changes and shelving -- 2 messages
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:57:01 -0500
From: kathleen <kathleen@sjsu.edu>
Reply-To: kathleen@sjsu.edu
Organization: San Jose State University

We have no problem with this, as we shelve by call number -- and have
for years.  I'm a little surprised by David Goodman's comment that
having things shelved by call number makes things worse: our patrons
(students & faculty) have to know a book's call number in order to find
it, so they see nothing out of the way or different in having to get the
journal's call number before looking for it.  In many ways, it makes it
easier for them when the policy is <always> "in order to find something
you need the call number".  It also means that other journals on the the
same subject are nearby, and if a patron is just browsing it makes their
task so much easier.

Kathleen Thorne
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Subject: Re: Title Changes and shelving -- Christina Liggins
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 14:46:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Elizabeth Mcdonald <lizm@unr.edu>

We shelve our current reciepts under title too.  When there is a title
change we shelve the new material under the new title.  We do not put
pointers to previous/new titles on the shelving because its a lot of
work.
We rely on the catalog to get patrons to the correct title.  Patron's
who
don't use the catalog are in a bind.  There is no easy answer for them.

Hope this helps

Elizabeth
SErials
University of Nevada, Reno

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Title Changes and shelving
> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 10:17:03 -0500
> From: Christina Liggins <cliggins@CHC.EDU>
>
>
> We are a medium-sized academic library and we shleve our journals in
> alphabetical order.  I have a very basic question that has probably been
> discussed on this list before, so forgive me for this, but:
>
> When a journal undergoes a title change, do patrons seem to find it
> easier
> to retrieve a title when the title is shelved WITH the current title, or
> shelved in its own alphabetically-correct spot?  For example, does
> shelving
> "Books Abroad" with its more current title "World Literature Today" make
> retrieval more difficult for the patron?  Does it make life more
> difficult
> for shelvers?  Have there been any studies in this area?
>
> Shelving old and new titles together, with directional (cross-reference)
> signage might be the way to go, however, that is alot of signage!  The
> journals holdings list would, of course, map out the title-change
> history
> of each journal.
>
> Thanks in advance to everyone for any input on this matter.
>
> Christina Liggins,
> Serials Librarian
> Chestnut Hill College
> Philadelphia, PA
>