Magazines and Newspapers

Greetings,

I agree that the Periodicals area is a mess and needs attention. There are plans. There have been magnets with paper inserts ordered for this area. These will have the name of each magazine on them and be placed on the display unit behind where the title should be shelved. This should make it clear where each magazine should go. As per PFD, we cannot use permanent signage or tape (or otherwise adhere) signs on these display because the magazine collection will vary from year to year. This approach has been used with great success at several of our Neighborhood Libraries. Once we get these items in and have time to print them up and arrange the collection, maintenance of this area will be much easier.

As far as who is to sort this area, this should currently be a shared task between LST and reference. Once we have our 11 new LST members, this will be something that can be put on their schedule on a regular basis. Even then, they will need help from reference staff to keep things organized. Again, I think this will be much easier once we have the signs in place. I worked on it some last night and it felt like a losing battle because there was no defined location for many of the titles.

mvc