[Phys-L] Re: Doppler film loop

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@REDSHIFT.COM>]

The Chron. had an article about the ravaging of the S.F. collection when
they moved to their new site.  At least the books were offered for sale
(maybe only after the first article).

I think it was  the New Yorker (Atlantic?) that had an article pointing
out the lost info. when librarians replaced card files electronically.
It printed cards showing the info. penciled in over many years by
librarians not transferred electronically.

bc, victim of nostalgia, who also has a wooden card catalog as coffee
table in our TV room, rescued from Mills College.

p.s. could not the culling, sub. dropping, etc. be a result of the
general lack of private and govt. interest in ed.?

Monce, Michael N. wrote:

> It seems to be a common "malady" among librarians.  Ours has dropped =
> not only the print subscriptions, but now also the electronic subscri=
> ptions to many of the major journals.  They dropped our access to the=
> physics search engines because our "usage parameters didn't justify =
> the subscription" without telling us.  I only found out when I told s=
> ome of my students working on research to do a search form some artic=
> les and they told me the search engine was gone.  Meanwhile the coffe=
> e lounge in the library continues to expand as shelf space is taken d=
> own for new booths
> =20
>             Mike Monce
>             Connecticut College
>
> ________________________________
>
> =46rom: Forum for Physics Educators on behalf of Spagna Jr., George
> Sent: Tue 1/17/2006 11:05 AM
> To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
> Subject: Re: Doppler film loop
>
>
>
> Michael comments:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> =46rom: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu]=
> On
> Behalf Of Edmiston, Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:49 AM
> To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
> Subject: Re: Doppler film loop
>
>
>
> > Concerning the library throwing out something without checking, Joel
> > said, "I hope you complained vociferously."
>
>
>
> > We got a new librarian a couple years ago and she
> > was concerned about lack of shelf space in the stacks, so she starte=
> d
>
>
> > "pruning" the collection of "old out-of-date worthless books."  With=
> out
>
>
> > asking she pruned (she literally threw in the trash) the Feynman
> Lecture
>
>
> > Series and the Berkeley Physics Series.  Of course I did not discove=
> r
>
>
> > this until they were gone.  When I complained, she said they were to=
> o
>
>
> > old and couldn't be of much value.  When I got angry and told her th=
> at
>
>
> > no bona fide librarian would throw out old books without checking th=
> eir
>
>
> > value she got angry back and told me it was her decision.
>
> We are fortunate to have a library director who recognizes disciplina=
> ry
> responsibility for the collection.  She will periodically ask us to c=
> ull
> =66rom the collection those books which are not needed - but leaves i=
> t to
> our call what that means.  She also replaces anything weeded out with
> materials that we ask for.
>
> **********************************************
>     "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than
>
>    sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
>
>                                          - Martin Luther King, Jr.
>
> **********************************************
>
> Dr. George Spagna
> Chair, Physics Department
> Randolph-Macon College
> P.O. Box 5005
> Ashland, VA 23005-5505
>
> phone: (804) 752-7344
> fax: (804) 752-4724
> e-mail: gspagna@rmc.edu
> http://faculty.rmc.edu/gspagna
_______________________________________________
Phys-L mailing list
Phys-L@electron.physics.buffalo.edu
https://www.physics.buffalo.edu/mailman/listinfo/phys-l