See my replies below.

Sue Coffey
Serials Librarian
Moffett Library
Midwestern State University
3410 Taft
Wichita Falls, TX 76308

sue.coffey@mwsu.edu
940-397-4173
Fax 940-397-4689
-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Hemhauser
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:56 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] questions regarding open current periodical stacks

We have always had closed current periodical stacks and are planning to
move to open stacks. I would like to get some idea of how other academic
libraries arrange their current periodicals in open stacks. This
listserv
seems the ideal way to gather that info from many libraries.

1. Do you keep your current periodicals in a separate place from your
bound
periodicals? All current periodicals together? Or do you shelve them
mixed
in with the bound volumes? separate

2. Approximately how many subscriptions to print journals and magazines
do
you have? 1000

3. Do you eventually bind most of them or toos them? yes

4. How do you shelve/display the current issues before they've been
bound?
(We currently are using hanging folders for the closed stacks. I don't
think they will work well in open stacks.) flat shelving

5. Do you restrict the use of the current periodicals to a floor or
room?
Or can they be taken anywhere in the library? Taken anywhere in the
library

6. Do you security strip all issues, most issues, random issues,
weighted
towards titles that more often disappear? Strip titles that are stolen
most and used most like people, newsweek, etc

Thank you for your replies.

Mark Hemhauser
American University Library--Serials & E-Resources
Washington, DC  20016