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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
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Mike Monce
Connecticut College
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Sent: Tue 1/17/2006 11:05 AM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Re: Doppler film loop
Michael comments:
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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 shed
was concerned about lack of shelf space in the stacks, so she starte=
"pruning" the collection of "old out-of-date worthless books." With=out
asking she pruned (she literally threw in the trash) the FeynmanLecture
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.
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"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than
sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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