CDL: Disposing of print vols. of serials (responses 1-4)

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Disposing of print vols. of serials that are also found in JSTOR, 
POA, etc.
From: "Linwood DeLong" <linwood.delong_at_uwinnipeg.ca>

Dear Colleagues,

I have been asked to find out how other libraries dispose of 
print volumes of journals, should they decide that the print 
vols. are superfluous, because these titles are also available 
full-text in JSTOR, Periodicals Archive Online, and other similar 
sources.

Do you undertake any form of recycling, do you send them to 
landfill, send them to a Developing Country,
or .....

I welcome your responses.

Thanks,

Linwood DeLong
University of Winnipeg Library

===#1===

Hello, Linwood.

There has been a lot of discussion about this issue on SERIALST 
listserv
in the past few years.  The fact is that most libraries just 
don't have
the room to continually store bound volumes like this when they are
available in an ownership model database like JSTOR.  You should 
check the
SERIALST archives, but I do know that some libraries on the list are
discarding JSTOR bound volumes and giving them away to other 
libraries
through listservs like BACKSERV, BACKMED (if they are medical 
journals),
and ALCTSDEU.  As far as giving them away to other countries, I don't
know.  My library does subscribe to 3 JSTOR packages, but are 
currently
maintaining our print holdings.  We have discussed discarded 
them, and
possibly will in the future.  Generally, when we discard print 
volumes, we
recycle them, but I can't say for sure what we would do with them.

Sincerely,

Barbara M. Pope
Axe Library
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg KS  66762
620-235-4884
bpope_at_pittstate.edu


===#2===
From: Pat Viele <ptv1_at_cornell.edu>

At Cornell we store one copy of the print in the annex.

Pat

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===#3===

From: Catherine Goodwin <cgoodwin_at_coastal.edu>

We actually did this a few years ago; due to space constraints, 
we pulled many of our bound journals that were available in JSTOR.

Here is our process:  we remove the paper "innards" from the hard 
binding with a box cutter, and put them in recycling bins. We 
simply throw the back and front away.  The trash bags get heavy 
quickly, so we fill them halfway, label them as trash, and out 
they go.


Cathy Goodwin
Interim Collection Management Assistant
Kimbel Library
Coastal Carolina University
P.O. Box 261954
Conway, SC  29528-6054
843-349-2408

===#4===

From:  "Patricia Pettijohn" <ppettijohn_at_nelson.usf.edu>

Greetings,

We recycle, and have pulled and recycled our JSTOR titles.
We have found a way to recycle everything but microfiche/film, if 
anyone knows of a way to recycle those, please let me know..
Patricia


Patricia Pettijohn
Head, Collection Development & Technical Services
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
140 7th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-873-4407
ppettijohn_at_nelson.usf.edu