Hi Jaime,
If it’s truly random (i.e., we’ve
NEVER subscribed to it in the past), I offer it to staff based on the subject
matter and their interests.
If it appears to be random but it’s
actually something we subscribed to years ago but have since dropped, I have a
conversation with the collection development librarian about it. Sometimes,
because we are constantly getting new faculty, he’ll decide that we
should ask an academic department if they think it would be helpful to
reinstate the subscription. But most of the time, we just toss these random
issues as well.
Anor
&
Alia-Anor Akaeze
Acquisitions & Serials Coordinator
Joseph P. Healey Library
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard (HL-04-030)
Boston, MA 02125-3300
Email: alia-anor.akaeze@umb.edu
Phone: 617-287-5947
FAX: 617-287-5955
Web: www.lib.umb.edu
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Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010
11:10 AM
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Subject: [SERIALST] Random
Arrivals
Hi
everyone,
I
was wondering what you do when you receive a random magazine in the mail. We
recently received a copy of Print magazine, a graphic design publication, that
we don’t subscribe to. I have no clue where it came from.
Do
you typically hold on to these types of things, pass them on to interested
parties, or toss them?
Thanks
so much!
Jaime
Hammond
Jaime Hammond, MLS
Reference/Serials Librarian
Max R. Traurig LRC Library
Naugatuck Valley Community College
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708-3089
Phone: (203) 575-8199
E-mail: jhammond@nvcc.commnet.edu
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