2 messages:

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Date:         Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:19:57 -0500
From:         Louise Pierce <lpierce@EAGLE.YCP.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Newspaper subscriptions (Amy E. Gunn)

Amy,

We were faced with the same complaints because most of our papers came by
mail.  The college bookstore had today's news today.  Titles like the New
York Times & Washington Post were available there on the day of
publication and we looked BAD.  I looked into delivery through an agency
and was all set to go with that when I realized what they could deliver
was the earliest edition published and what is indexed is the last
edition.  My decision was that titles that we have indexes for here would
have to be the right edition and have to be mailed, coming late.  Those
papers that are not indexed and can be delivered, are delivered the same
day.

I hope this helps you.

Louise Pierce
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        Louise Pierce
    Periodicals Specialist
 York College of Pennsylvania
     York, PA 17405-7199
        (717)815-1758
       lpierce@ycp.edu
      fax (717)849-1608
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Date:         Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:06:25 -0600
From:         Diane Neumeister <DRNEUMEI@LORAS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Newspaper subscriptions (Amy E. Gunn)

We do the subscriptions direct for many of our papers because we only want =
9 months (school year) for most and that seems to work better without a =
3rd party.  Full-year subscriptions to national papers are through our =
agent (Faxon Illinois a.k.a. Dawson) With the excepton of the city paper, =
the state paper and USA Today (which is dropped off by the person who =
fills the USA today newspaper dispenser in the campus center), delivery is =
by U.S. mail.  Papers from Iowa cities are often received the same day, =
next day at the latest.  National and regional papers are less predictable =
and usually at least a day late.  Sunday editions of national/regional =
papers (NY Times, Chicago Trib., Wisconsin State Journal) seem to =
consistently be at least three days late and often as much as a week =
behind.

The publishers claim it's a post office problem.  The post office says =
it's the publishers.  I gave up trying to do anything about it, but it is =
frustrating when people can see the current issue of the paper in the =
newsstands the same day but can't get it in the library  until a day or =
more later.

Di

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:37:24 EST
From: "Amy E. Gunn" <agunn@ADMIN.MC3.EDU>
Subject: Newspaper subscriptions

Hello!

Currently we subscribe to 95% of our newspapers through EBSCO and have
them sent through the US Mail.  This usually results in the receipt of
the daily paper 2-3 days after publication date.  Some of our users
are getting angry that we do not have today's news TODAY!  We feel
that the papers are also here for research, so as long as we eventually
have the paper it's okay.  How do other libraries handle this sticky
situation?

Does anyone else subscribe to a majority of their
newspapers through a subscription agency and have them delivered by a
carrier instead of the US Mail?  How about anyone ordering through the
publisher and having delivery through a carrier?  How is the service?
Do you get all of the issue or are some frequently missing?

Please respond to me directly:
agunn@admin.mc3.edu=20
Amy Gunn
Periodicals Department
Montgomery County Community College