The DC Library has many magazines, journals and newspapersfor you and your students, 79 of them to be exact. While the vast majority of these, and thousands more, can be access via our database, we have print editions to supplement assignments and to provide recreational reading when the brain just needs to rest.
This is the time of year where we evaluate our print serials and determine whether to continue with the subscription. The DC Library spends over $4200 each year on our serials, and as our budget has not increased in over five years while costs have continued to rise, we must make choices based on use. Unfortunately, that means than some DC department chairs and faculty will be getting emails from me informing them that a particular item is not being renewed. To be fair, I do give a department notice the year before the cut that their items' use is very low, in some cases, non existent. The DC Library does not make these decisions lightly. Our thoughts are, if this item is not being used for a course, perhaps there is another item that is better suited or it could be that you are sending your students to our databases. No matter what the reason, the DC Library asks you to understand our position.
If you would like to see what magazines, journals and newspapers we subscribe to, please come and check them out! They are near the LB entrance, next to the curvy seating. The magazines and journals are in the blue spindle, while the newspapers are on the wooden A-frame.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to stop by or call me at 206-7245.
Theresa
This is the time of year where we evaluate our print serials and determine whether to continue with the subscription. The DC Library spends over $4200 each year on our serials, and as our budget has not increased in over five years while costs have continued to rise, we must make choices based on use. Unfortunately, that means than some DC department chairs and faculty will be getting emails from me informing them that a particular item is not being renewed. To be fair, I do give a department notice the year before the cut that their items' use is very low, in some cases, non existent. The DC Library does not make these decisions lightly. Our thoughts are, if this item is not being used for a course, perhaps there is another item that is better suited or it could be that you are sending your students to our databases. No matter what the reason, the DC Library asks you to understand our position.
If you would like to see what magazines, journals and newspapers we subscribe to, please come and check them out! They are near the LB entrance, next to the curvy seating. The magazines and journals are in the blue spindle, while the newspapers are on the wooden A-frame.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to stop by or call me at 206-7245.
Theresa
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