Ken:  We have our Sunday papers on sticks (or library light sabers as we call them) but we have the plexiglass covers on the rest of the shelving and just slip the papers under there. Patrons seem to be fine and frankly, I think they are easier to read.  My sense is sticks started because folks would walk off with the papers, but I doubt that happens any more (at least in academic libraries).  If they made that kind of shelving that would fit thick papers like the Sunday&#39;s, we would probably have them (maybe they do, but I haven&#39;t checked)<br>
<br>Cheers!<br><br>MMD<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Ken Siegert <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:ken.siegert@fandm.edu">ken.siegert@fandm.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello!<br>
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Has anyone stopped using newspaper sticks?  If so, has it been a problem?  We currently keep the following on sticks -- most recent daily edition of the NYT, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer and our local paper; most recent Sunday edition of the NYT, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and our local paper.<br>

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Thanks,<br>
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Ken<br>
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Franklin &amp; Marshall College<br>
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