ACQNET: Advice on indexes and abstracts retention

From: Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:57:34 -0500 To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu

Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:27:07 -0500 (EST)
From:  Jack Montgomery (Western KY Univ) <jack.montgomery_at_wku.edu>
Subject: Advice on indexes and abstracts retention

Greetings,
Is anyone "letting go" of print indexes and abstracts for space and 
online considerations? Example: Sociological Abstracts or others. Some 
librarians have a reluctance to discard for fear of canceling online 
products "in the future" and not having a fall-back and, thus, would 
move to storage. Any opinions and experiences you have are appreciated. 
This could also extend to the JSTOR/MUSE type titles and what criteria 
you use to decide what goes away permanently, what goes to storage and 
what stays within reach.

Jack Montgomery, Coordinator, Collection Services
Western Kentucky University Libraries

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