We stopped using sticks about 5 years ago. No problems at all - It is so
much easier without the sticks. Patrons appreciate not having to deal
with them.  We kept the most recent editions of the NYT, Wall Street
Journal, USA Today and a few local papers on the sticks. Getting rid of
the sticks and using a nice oak rack instead was a great move for us.

Dawn Freisatz
VanWagenen Library
142 Schenectady Ave.
SUNY Cobleskill
Cobleskill, NY 12043

Subject: [SERIALST] Newspapers on sticks

Hello!

Has anyone stopped using newspaper sticks?  If so, has it been a
problem?  We currently keep the following on sticks -- most recent daily
edition of the NYT, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia
Inquirer and our local paper; most recent Sunday edition of the NYT,
Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and our local paper.

Thanks,

Ken

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Ken Siegert
Acquisitions Assistant
Electronic Resources & Periodicals / U.S. Documents
Shadek-Fackenthal Library
Franklin & Marshall College
P.O. Box 3003
Lancaster, PA  17604-3003

Phone -     (717) 291-4219
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