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Comment on Weeding: It’s not just for monographs … by elizabeth milroy

elizabeth milroy — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:10:40 +0000

Please hold onto the Nation, the Economist and the Living Age — on-line scans are illegible for the purpose of making scans for PowerPoint lectures. And I often assign students to browse these and other magazines — an impossible task online…

Comment on Campus discussion begins – A(T)R summary by Pat Tully

Pat Tully — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:52:28 +0000

Hi Mike,

It is a good question. We fit in as much compact shelving on the ground floor of SciLi as we could, and the upper floors were not constructed to handle the additional weight of compact shelving. But if we could install additional shelving, I’d have the same reservations that I have with creating a storage facility. Is it the best use of University money to install additional shelving for materials that are readily available elsewhere through interlibrary loan, and that have received little use in recent years? Or would it better to use that money to improve library spaces and services, or provide access to more resources (new journals, books, etc., are always becoming available)? Thanks for your suggestion, and for participating in the discussion. Pat Tully

Comment on Campus discussion begins – A(T)R summary by Mike Nelson

Mike Nelson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:05:36 +0000

Was shifting more of the Olin collection to the Science Library considered? Could compact shelving be handled there?

It isn’t the prettiest option, but it may be practical. Here is an image from UCSD’s biomedical library:
http://biomed.ucsd.edu/building/photos/spring_compact5.jpg