Re: questions regarding open current periodical stacks Turner, Alice D 03 May 2007 19:52 UTC
Mark, Here is our Library Policy on Current Periodical Stacks: 1. Answer: We shelve all unbound periodical issues, including the most recent unbound issues, at the end of our bound volumes in a Princeton File in our stack area, and each title is shelved alphabetically by title. NOTE: We do have 31 titles out of all of our titles, which our doctors here at the medical university like to read the most current issues when they arrive. So, we have something called the "Current Journal Shelf" down near the Reference Department that has comfortable chairs where they can sit and read at their leisure time. These issues stay there until the next issue of that title comes in, and it is put on the Current Journal Shelf, and the previous issue is pulled off and put with the others in the stacks. 2. Answer: We have approximately 1,372 3. Answer: We eventually bind them. 4. Answer: As I said, we just keep the current issues with the bound volumes when they come in. 5. Answer: We do not restrict the use of the current periodicals and they can be taken anywhere in the library. (We have three floors.) We have a part time evening person collect and re-shelve the current issues. 6. Answer: We security strip all issues. -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Hemhauser Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:56 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] questions regarding open current periodical stacks We have always had closed current periodical stacks and are planning to move to open stacks. I would like to get some idea of how other academic libraries arrange their current periodicals in open stacks. This listserv seems the ideal way to gather that info from many libraries. 1. Do you keep your current periodicals in a separate place from your bound periodicals? All current periodicals together? Or do you shelve them mixed in with the bound volumes? 2. Approximately how many subscriptions to print journals and magazines do you have? 3. Do you eventually bind most of them or toos them? 4. How do you shelve/display the current issues before they've been bound? (We currently are using hanging folders for the closed stacks. I don't think they will work well in open stacks.) 5. Do you restrict the use of the current periodicals to a floor or room? Or can they be taken anywhere in the library? 6. Do you security strip all issues, most issues, random issues, weighted towards titles that more often disappear? Thank you for your replies. Mark Hemhauser American University Library--Serials & E-Resources Washington, DC 20016