You should undertake a census of the growth rate of each of your
active titles and of the stock of space already occupied.  I did this
nine years ago with a collection that had about 1,500 active titles
and 2,700 closed titles and doing all the measures myself.  It might
have taken 200 hours or it might have taken half that, I do not
remember.    With a bloc of concientous and properly trained work
study students, it can be done in a few weeks.  IW

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Buck, Marguerite <mbuck@immaculata.edu> wrote:
> We are reorganizing and shifting back issues of our print collection. The
> weeding is done and we are trying to decide how much space to leave for
> active titles before we start shifting.  Is there a recommended amount of
> shelf space? Fortunately we are not short of space at the moment.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Marguerite
>
>
>
> Marguerite Buck, MSLS
>
> Serials Librarian
>
> Gabriele Library
>
> Immaculata University
>
> 1145 King Road
>
> Immaculata, PA 19345
>
> 610-6474400, Ext. 3833
>
> mbuck@immaculata.edu

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