Mark,

I am keeping it.  It will go to remote storage, but since there is no other
access or full text available for these documents, I think it not wise to
weed or discard - unless you want to rely on Interlibrary Loan from
libraries that have not weeded and/or discarded it.  We used to be able to
purchase replacements or something we did not have, but that has not been
the case since 2004.

Anything online is very spotty pre-1993 and only 80% of the 1993 to 2004 is
available online.  I am speaking as an education librarian and someone who
belives that we do have a responsibility to keep our heritage - not
everything is online, yet.

Sincerely,
Georgia Baugh
--
Georgia A. Baugh, M.A., M.A.L.I.S.
Associate Professor/Electronic Resources Reference Librarian
Pius XII Memorial Library
Saint Louis University
3650 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63128
baughga@slu.edu
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:25 AM, Rachel BenEliezer <rachelb@dyellin.ac.il>
wrote:

> Mark,
> This does not answer your question about policies for discarding microfiche
> but my question is - does ERIC really provide all their ED documents online?
> Ive come across on more than one occasion instances whereby documents are
> not available online yet?? and as we do not have a reader I have no way in
> which to access this material.
>
> Rachel Ben-Eliezer
> Serials Librarian and Interlibrary Loan Services
> David Yellin College of Education Library
> POB 3578
> Jerusalem, ISRAEL
> Telefax.: 02-6558180
> E-Mail: rachelb@dyellin.ac.il
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:
> SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Mark L. Ferguson
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 4:47 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] What to do with ERIC microfiche?
>
> Has anyone devised a policy, and rationale for the policy, on what to do
> with old ERIC microfiche?  Our library serves a small Catholic liberal
> arts college with a dynamic educational program.  We had a standing
> order for microfiche from ERIC until 2004 when ERIC stopped producing
> the microfiche and provided the documents for free online.  Our
> collection is huge, dating back to 1967 although certainly spotty,
> especially as you go back in years.
>
> While the ERIC database is critically important to our Education
> department, the microfiche collection is never used, and becoming more
> and more dated as the years go by.  For this reason I would like to get
> rid of it, but its a lot of microfiche to discard and I would like to
> check all my sources before I move on this.
>
> What have other people done with old ERIC microfiche?  I would be very
> interested to find out.
>
> Mark Ferguson
> Periodicals librarian, Mahoney Library
> College of  Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
>