[ILL-L] RE: Different request

[Campbell, Heather]

We used to get this as an assignment at the public library (that is- get
a copy of the front page of the newspaper from the day you were born)
but it was not required that the source be on of the students' hometown
newspapers.    


Heather Campbell
Special Services ~ Interlibrary Loan and Books By Mail
Jacksonville Public Library
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
ill at coj.net    904-630-2985 


-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sharon Bleau
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:51 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] RE: Different request


I thought our faculty were the only ones who made this kind of
assignment!

On 12 Jun 2008 at 16:58, Robinson, Arthur wrote:

> 
> During my first year as a librarian, in 1999, I had students come over

> who had been sent by their instructor to make copies of the front page

> of their home town newspaper from the day they were born. At first I 
> thought they must have misunderstood the assignment, so I phoned 
> theinstructor, but he had apparently assumed we had 20-year-old 
> newspapers from all over the country, and (if I recall correctly) he 
> had thought we would have them in paper. We're a small college 
> library, and I explained to him that we only had microfilm for three 
> newspapers (the local paper, the Atlanta paper, and the New York
Times), and the only newspaper we had for 17-21 years ago was the New
York Times. Hefinally made a concession and said a printout from the New
York Times for the date of each student's birth would be okay. But even
then there was a problem.
> This was 1999, and some of the students had had the lack of foresight 
> to be born during the New York Times strike of 1978.
> 
> Actually, the British Newspaper Library at Colindale actually DOES 
> have newspapersfrom way back. I have done research on them (from the 
> 1920's and 1930's). The newsprint crumbles if you breathe on it.
> 
> Arthur Robinson (GLG)
> 
> 
> 
> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Melissa Jackson
> Sent: Thu 6/12/2008 4:22 PM
> To: 'Interlibrary Loan Listserv'
> Subject: [ILL-L] RE: Different request Neither have I. Every library 
> I've worked in would only have papers that old on microfilm.
> Nobody had a way to protect fragile newsprint for over 20 years.
> 
> If a library has figured out how to do that, please share with the 
> list! :)
> 
> 
> Melissa Jackson
> ILL Librarian
> 
> >>>
> From:  Sharon Weber <sharon.weber at angelo.edu>
> To: "'Interlibrary Loan Listserv'" <ill-l at webjunction.org>
> Date:  6/12/2008 4:03 PM
> Subject:  [ILL-L] RE: Different request
> 
> I mean he actually wants the whole newspaper, not on microfilm. I've
never heard of this before.
> 
> 
> Sharon Weber
> Interlibrary Loan Assistant III
> Porter Henderson Library
> Angelo State University
> Member, The Texas Tech University System San Angelo, TX 76909
> 325-942-2154
> Sharon.Weber at angelo.edu
> These statements are mine and should not reflect on Angelo State 
> University
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sharon Weber
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:41 PM
> To: 'Interlibrary Loan Listserv'
> Subject: [ILL-L] Different request
> 
> 
> I have a faculty member that wants the June 2, 1985 edition of the 
> Houston Chronicle loaned to him through ILL. I've never heard of this
being done. Does anyone loan a newspaper?
> 
> Sharon Weber
> Interlibrary Loan Assistant III
> Porter Henderson Library
> Angelo State University
> Member, The Texas Tech University System San Angelo, TX 76909
> 325-942-2154
> Sharon.Weber at angelo.edu
> These statements are mine and should not reflect on Angelo State 
> University
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Sharon Bleau
Reference Librarian
Mountain State University


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