We cut a large number of subscriptions in 1991- 1993, and left them
(labelled) on the shelves as you have. In 1995 or 1996 we started
reviving many of them, on demand. Then the ones that lay dead with
nobody asking to renew them got scrutinized: we tossed many but kept a
few that we thought would be valuable as research-starters even if they
were outdated. We still have a few of these on the shelf
even though we have recently moved and need all the space we can get.
That's a complicated answer, but it was a complicated process.
Ann Borkin
Librarian
Thelen Reid & Priest, San Francisco
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Carol Thompson wrote:
> Our library has canceled several of our looseleaf services but we have left those publications on our shelves. We mark the outside of the binders "canceled".
>
> I am interested in feedback regarding how long other libraries continue to hold these materials until they are removed from the collection.
>
> Do you keep them in the main collection?
> Do you remove them to a separate section?
> After what period of time are they discarded?
>
> TIA,
>
> Carol
> Contra Costa County Law Library
> Martinez, CA
>
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