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Average width of a year of a journal? Gordon Coleman (05 Aug 2015 20:30 UTC)
Re: Average width of a year of a journal? Williams, Ginger (05 Aug 2015 21:35 UTC)
Re: Average width of a year of a journal? Diane Nolting (05 Aug 2015 22:14 UTC)
Re: Average width of a year of a journal? Diane Westerfield (06 Aug 2015 14:57 UTC)

Average width of a year of a journal? Gordon Coleman 05 Aug 2015 20:30 UTC

Hi all.

My library is doing a serials discarding project. We'll be tossing out lengthy print runs of a number of journals. (Yes yes, we've got online versions, with perpetual access rights, plus backup print copies at a partner library in a shared archival network.)

The question I've been asked is: how many feet of shelf space will we save?

When the discarding is being carried out, we can take an exact measurement, but I'd like a way to estimate now. Does the serials world have a standard figure for the width of an average journal in a year? For example, if the average journal takes up 3" of shelf space per year, I can multiple it by the total number of journal-years being discarded and get an estimate.

Thanks in advance for any data/guesses you have re this question.

Gordon

Gordon Coleman
Head, Acquisitions & Serials
Simon Fraser University Library
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gcoleman@sfu.ca
778-782-3916

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