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Re: Serials Reading Rooms van Sickle, Jennifer (29 Oct 2008 13:46 UTC)
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Re: Serials Reading Rooms van Sickle, Jennifer 29 Oct 2008 13:46 UTC
When we renovated and expanded the library in 2003, we included a current periodicals reading room that already existed, but it was enlarged and outfitted with new shelves, furniture, etc. Since then, our print subscriptions have decreased, so we plan to consolidate the remaining titles and create more study space. Our newspapers have also been cut, so we recently consolidated them onto one side of a designated shelf, rather than both sides. The newly freed up shelving was reused for atlases that we had to move for an expanded 24 hour study area. The one newspaper that consistently is read and used in print is the New York Times. Hope this helps! -Jennifer Jennifer van Sickle Serials Librarian & Sciences Coordinator Trinity College Library 300 Summit St. Hartford, CT USA 06106 jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu phone: 860-297-2250 fax: 860-297-2251 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Mildred Merz Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:27 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Serials Reading Rooms Our library is relinquishing our large "current journals" reading room for a much smaller area. Our "current journals" room now contains all of the recent issues of newspapers and journals/magazines that we subscribe to in print. That number, of course, is ever shrinking. In anticipating our smaller space, we have started re-thinking what the purpose of the "current journals" area should be in the future. We are thinking that instead of just being what we get in print that it should be a more carefully chosen group of journals/newspapers. Perhaps the titles in "current journals" should be the core or essential titles, AND/OR perhaps they should be the more popular/readable titles that students and faculty would enjoy having in print. We have noticed at least two libraries that have created what they call "virtual reading rooms." Perhaps the physical area could be the popular/fun to read titles plus the very important interdisciplinary titles (like Nature and Science). The "virtual reading room" could be the core/essential titles. Has any other library dealt with this issue? What should be in a journals reading room? Millie Merz -- Mildred H. Merz Associate Professor Kresge Library Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309-4484 Phone: 248-370-2457; Fax: 248-370-2474 E-mail: merz@oakland.edu