At the Main Library of the Palm Beach County Library System, we subscribe to about 50 newspapers which we store on flat shelving for use by our patrons. We keep about a week's worth of the dailies (more of the weeklies) out in the public area. Yes, they require a bit of straightening and rearranging each morning, but the person who puts out the morning papers does this as her normal routine. We can fit 2-3 newspaper titles side-by-side per shelf, depending on the size, so we have twenty shelves for newspapers. The titles are arranged in alphabetical order and the shelves are labeled. We have a diverse population of business people, retirees, homeless, and students, and the arrangement seems to work well for us.
Dani Lichtenberg
Main Library Reference Manager
Palm Beach County Library System
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From: Essency, Janet [mailto:JEssency@BRIDGEW.EDU]
Sent: Tue 9/30/2003 1:15 PM
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Subject: newspaper display alternatives
We are a state college with 10,000 students , primarily undergraduates. We
display the latest issue of our newspaper on those newspaper sticks. These
are not a favorite with either our patrons or our staff. We are exploring
alternatives. What are other libraries using to display your newspapers? I
will summarize for the list if there is an interest. Janet Essency
Collection Management Librarian - Serials
Clement C. Maxwell Library
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA 02325
(508) 531-6159
jessency@bridgew.edu