>We have a limited area for display of periodicals, so we display only what
>has been received within the past week. At checkin we put a color-coded
>paper clip on the cover (silver for Monday, yellow for Tuesday, red for
>Wednesday, etc). Before placing the day's receipts on display, the
>journals received on that day of the week before are removed and shelved
>by title in the periodicals area. We make no effort to maintain any title
>order in this display area.

>At 11:40 AM 6/9/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:25:16 -0500
> >From: "Sibley, Betty" <bsibley@gulfcoast.edu>
> >
> >Currently our community college library has about 50% of its print serial
> >titles on display in the periodicals section of the library. These are
> >mostly leisure reading and some subject specific journals. The other 50
> >percent are housed on bound shelves. We are tossing around the idea of
> >putting all of our journals that we subscribe to on display. The rationale
> >is that patrons think we only subscribe to the magazines currently on
> >display. My feelings are that it would take up precious floor space and
> >also be a nightmare for shelving purposes. Any insights or suggestions?
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >
> >Jean Sibley
> >Serials Librarian
> >Gulf Coast Community College
> >Panama City FL 32401
> >bsibley@gulfcoast.edu

Linda Grooms
Periodicals Supervisor
lgrooms@stetson.edu