Law Journals in Dumpster

Submitted by birdie on September 6, 2006 - 3:38pm
Topic: 
Collection Development
Academic Libraries

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."

Comments

Submitted by sarahmae on September 7, 2006 - 6:32am.

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

Submitted by GAC on September 7, 2006 - 11:18pm.

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.