Law Journals in Dumpster

shambolic57 writes “As described in the Sydney Morning Herald ,
the Library at the University of New South Wales has been caught using that great collection weeding device–the dumpster–to store bound volumes of discarded journals. Of course this raises all sorts of issues which are too briefly touched on in what is essentially a filler article. I guess the lesson is don’t discard, donate to libraries in greater need than yours or build a bigger stack facility.”

September 6, 2006 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. sarahmae says:
    September 7, 2006 at 10:32 am

    Another lesson is…
    have a clear policy on processing and disposing of discards and make sure your staff follows it.

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  2. GAC says:
    September 8, 2006 at 3:18 am

    My previous method
    My previous discard method when I wa a branch manager in Arizona was to use the big dumpster. Specifically: I opened the gate around the dumpster, kept the lid open, and then stepped back a couple paces for each book that made it in.

    The big reference books were an excellent challenge from about 10-15 yards out.

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