[Publib] Circulating Current Magazines

[Ruthann Swanson]

We have been circulating the current issues of all magazines (for one week)
for a couple of years.  They're so popular that we did a report to see which
were our hottest ones and purchased extra subscriptions for those.  When
compared to other items, magazine subscriptions are pretty cheap.  This has
been a real patron pleaser!

Ruthann Swanson
Director
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library
11960 S. Pulaski Road
Alsip, IL 60803
708-371-5666
rswanson at sslic.net


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>Message: 16
>Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:24:45 -0500
>From: Nancy Bartlett <nbartlett at mhl.org>
>Subject: [Publib] circulating current issues of magazines
>To: publib at webjunction.org
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>Thanks to John Richmond's excellent thoughts on circulating current 
>issues  of magazines...is any other library doing this? What was the 
>patron  response? We now circulate quarterlies and bimonthlies but I'd 
>like to make  life easier and circulate all of them, including the 
>weekly news magazines.  Would love to hear all the pros and 
>cons...Thanks!
>
>Nancy N. Bartlett
>Reference Department
>Memorial Hall Library
>3 Elm Square
>Andover, MA 01810
>978-623-8401, ext. 51
>Fax: 978-623-8407 (Reference)
>nbartlett at mhl.org
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