We keep a spreadsheet (The Sacred Spreadsheet [tm*]) with different tabs for Current subscriptions, Ceased/suspended, Cancelled, Perpetual content, etc.

It's not available to the public, but is to all librarians and all non-student library workers.

Jeanette L. Skwor
Cofrin Library, Serials Dept.
UW-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Karyn Hinkle
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:22 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] "Which periodicals does this library subscribe to?"

Dear all --

Do you hear as often as I do from library users asking "Which periodicals
does this library subscribe to?"

How do you answer them?  In most libraries I've worked in or visited, the
answer is provided by a printed list (often marked up by pencil) that's kept
at the reference or periodicals desk, OR the reader is referred to the
library catalog.

In contrast to an annotated paper list or an ILS-generated list (most of
which seem maddeningly incoherent and are fiendishly difficult to make
complete), I'm looking for libraries that provide a single, coherent,
readable list of their periodical titles on their library websites.  I'm
especially interested in libraries that neatly divide the titles into
categories such as titles that are currently subscribed to vs. those in
which historical issues only are held.

Thanks for your advice!

Karyn Hinkle

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Karyn Hinkle
Reader Services Librarian
Bard Graduate Center for
Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture

hinkle@bgc.bard.edu
tel: + 212.501.3035

2008 - 2009 mailing address:
Bard Graduate Center
Library at Bard Hall
410 W. 58th Street
New York, NY 10019

fax: + 212.501.3093
http://www.bgc.bard.edu/library

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