Average width of a year of a journal?
Gordon Coleman
(05 Aug 2015 20:30 UTC)
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Re: Average width of a year of a journal? Williams, Ginger (05 Aug 2015 21:35 UTC)
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Re: Average width of a year of a journal?
Diane Nolting
(05 Aug 2015 22:14 UTC)
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Re: Average width of a year of a journal?
Diane Westerfield
(06 Aug 2015 14:57 UTC)
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Re: Average width of a year of a journal? Williams, Ginger 05 Aug 2015 21:35 UTC
Sapp and Suttle mention 5.5 feet per volume of bound journals as a shelving vendor's estimate in "A method for measuring collection expansion rates and shelf space capacities," Journal of Academic Librarianship, July 1994, vol. 20, p156-161. The article mentions that their own experience showed that shelf space requirements varied greatly by discipline. For example, humanities journals are often quarterly, while chemistry and engineering have many monthly titles. Ginger -- Virginia Kay Williams Acquisitions Librarian and Associate Professor Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount / Box 68 Wichita, KS 67260-0068 316-978-6442 ginger.williams@wichita.edu -----Original Message----- From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Gordon Coleman Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 3:31 PM To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG Subject: [SERIALST] Average width of a year of a journal? 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gcoleman@sfu.ca 778-782-3916 ############################ To unsubscribe from the SERIALST list: write to: mailto:SERIALST-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG or click the following link: http://listserv.nasig.org/scripts/wa-NASIG.exe?SUBED1=SERIALST&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the SERIALST list: write to: mailto:SERIALST-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG or click the following link: http://listserv.nasig.org/scripts/wa-NASIG.exe?SUBED1=SERIALST&A=1