Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 11:05:06 -0500
From: "Sr. Saint Edward McLaughlin" <marymnt1@METGATE.METRO.ORG>
Subject: Re: Newspapers (Ingrid Grimes)

Ingrid:
Newspapers are my major nightmare!  I only keep a rolling twelve months
of the Wall Street Journal and bundle them month by month with very large
four-way rubber bands and place them side by side across the shelf:-
January  February
March    April      etc.
I have also tried keeping things like Chronicle of High Ed. in cut down
copy-paper boxes (front cut out) also bundled in 4-way rubber bands and
placed folded side out every other month.  (This keeps the pile from
escalating on one edge like a ski slope!)
Wish I had better answers....like yourself I will be looking to see what
others are doing.  Good Luck!

Sr. St. Edward McLaughlin RSHM             Gloria Gaines Memorial Library
Serials/Research Librarian                 Marymount College
marymnt1@metgate.metro.org                 Tarrytown, NY 10591-3796

> Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 10:37:41 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ingrid Grimes <lgrimes@PEACE.EDU>
> Subject: Newspapers
>
> My question deals with newspapers-how to organize the current
> (past 3-6 months) papers on the shelves? 1) what is the best type of
> shelving to use, 2) how do you separate and indicate the months,
> weeks, days for the user to easily access what they want?  I have
> seen things like different colors of highlighting on the dates for
> different months - is this what is typically done?  Any input on this
> problem will be greatly useful.  Thank you.
>
> Ingrid Grimes
> Peace College Library
> 15 E. Peace St.
> Raleigh, NC  27604
> lgrimes@peace.edu
>