We made a decision to send to storage all print journal titles that are not currently received. Of course, we have a policy that ensures retrieval of materials is done quickly should patrons request a specific volume or even a whole journal run. So, as long as you are not sending your titles into a dark storage and can make them available to users upon request, perhaps you could consider removing those serials from the shelves that have no current subscriptions. Oh, and we also left some highly used titles in the library even if they were not current. Those decisions were made by individual collection managers.

Hope this helps.

Nastia Guimaraes

Electronic Resources Cataloging Librarian

Head, Batch Processing, Data Support, and Metadata Services

123 Hesburgh Library

o: 574-631-3558

e: aguimara@nd.edu

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:56 AM, <MSaunders@gallery.ca> wrote:

If your only putting them in storage then why not? You can always pull them out of storage if the need arises….

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Detta Morrison-Phillips
Sent: June-02-15 10:46 AM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: [SERIALST] Selection of Print for Storage

Good morning,

Our library is currently in process of selecting journal titles for storage. I see a lot in the literature about basing storage decisions on coverage in JSTOR, and occasionally Project Muse, but nothing about other databases. We’ve already stored titles held in JSTOR, and now are considering storage of content covered by EBSCO’s Art Source and Proquest Research Library.

I understand that content is JSTOR is more stable – it is unwise to consider storage of content covered by these other databases?

Many thanks for any input,

Detta

Detta Morrison-Phillips

Interlibrary Loans / Serials Technician

NSCAD University Library

5163 Duke Street

Halifax, NS

Canada

B3J 3J6

902-494-8255

dphillips@nscad.ca

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