Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 16:25:28 CST6CDT
From: Christine Fletcher <cfletcher@LIBRARY.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Newspapers (Ingrid Grimes)

Ingrid,
Here at MSU we use shelves that were formerly shelving for oversize
books.  They have worked out so well, that we have decided to keep
them!  The shelving has 15 inches of depth, which has proven valuable
in helping to preserve issues.  Each title has a shelf label
stating title and retention pattern.  When a shelf gets full, we
transfer older issues to newspaper boxes (Highsmith) which also state
the title and retention pattern.  Our student
assistants weed out issues weekly according to our retention.

> 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
>
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Serials Librarian
Mitchell Memorial Library
Mississippi State University
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