Re: Newspaper subscriptions (2 messages) Stephen Clark 28 Oct 1998 14:26 UTC
2 messages: 1)------------------ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Louise Pierce Periodicals Specialist York College of Pennsylvania York, PA 17405-7199 (717)815-1758 lpierce@ycp.edu fax (717)849-1608 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2)------------------- 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