At the Main Library of the Palm Beach County Library System, we subscribe to about 50 newspapers which we store on flat shelving for use by our patrons.  We keep about a week's worth of the dailies (more of the weeklies) out in the public area.  Yes, they require a bit of straightening and rearranging each morning, but the person who puts out the morning papers does this as her normal routine.  We can fit 2-3 newspaper titles side-by-side per shelf, depending on the size, so we have twenty shelves for newspapers.  The titles are arranged in alphabetical order and the shelves are labeled.  We have a diverse population of business people, retirees, homeless, and students, and the arrangement seems to work well for us.

Dani Lichtenberg
Main Library Reference Manager
Palm Beach County Library System

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        From: Essency, Janet [mailto:JEssency@BRIDGEW.EDU]
        Sent: Tue 9/30/2003 1:15 PM
        To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
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        Subject: newspaper display alternatives

        We are a state college with 10,000 students , primarily undergraduates. We
        display the latest issue of our newspaper on those newspaper sticks. These
        are not a favorite with either our patrons or our staff. We are exploring
        alternatives. What are other libraries using to display your newspapers? I
        will summarize for the list if there is an interest. Janet Essency
        Collection Management Librarian - Serials
        Clement C. Maxwell Library
        Bridgewater State College
        Bridgewater, MA 02325
        (508) 531-6159
        jessency@bridgew.edu