Good timing, Diane.  Our library is just in the process of withdrawing
back issues of JSTOR.  For a long time, we withdrew issues & bound
volumes from the shelves and stored them in our basement, essentially
making them inaccessible even though we had a list and we knew what was
in each box.  Their storage made it very difficult to retrieve.

We then spend a couple of years where we didn't withdraw them from the
shelves - pressure of other work, staff shortages, etc., etc.

Now that time has passed, we have decided to discard the back issues.
We have chosen a static date - through 1998 - in order to cover all the
embargo years and yet have an easy demarcation point for the
withdrawal.  We are adjusting our records now and we will be disposing
of the physical volumes this summer.

As for donating these volumes, we are not in a position to do that
because of State of California regulations.

Aline

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Diane Paldan wrote:

> I would like to hear from any libraries that are withdrawing JSTOR
> issues once they become available online.  How are you storing issues
> until then?   It can be several years worth.  Have you gone back and
> withdrawn earlier volumes?  Is there a good option for donating these
> volumes?