Hello All,
I am forwarding my original message in case someone
missed it...
As you may have noticed from the posted response
not too many of you had a clear cut answer, but actually I only had a total
of 7 replies and 6 of those were posted on the list...
Here is the seventh message that came directly to
me:
-Anna, We ditched our print volumes with no ill effects; most
patrons
> don't like using the print if they have an online option.
Course, if
> the Internet goes down, or the electricity goes off....but
one can't
> plan based on rare occurrences...Just my thoughts, Cris
So it seems that the two libraries that ditched or sent to
storage the printed version of ABM did not experience nasty problems.
Three would like to be able to decide what to do on the base of this
query. The publisher would like to know if it is worth to keep the print
alive. And at least one library would like to adopt the volumes we would
discard!
I must confess that I am personally always attached
to anything made out of paper, but space is at a premium here and almost two
empty shelves can make anybody
salivate! The intriguing question raised
by Linda (what about the first 5 volumes of the printed version 1969-1973?)
complicates further the issue.
I shall let you know what my bosses will decide
while I am away. Be back online at the end
on July.
Stay cool!
Anna
---- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:43 AM
Subject: [ARLIS-L] ABM online and in print
HI All!
I am appealing to the collective wisdom about
discarding the ARTbibliographies Modern printed version. We already have
the online database. We are experiencing a
space crunch and I have been asked to discard
those two shelves of volumes.
Did anybody who has done that already experienced
problems afterwards?
I know there have been afterthoughts about Art
Index, but I do not remember complaints about ABM.
And, by the way, in case we decide to discard those
volumes, would there be someone willing to adopt them in exchange for shipping
fees?
Please let me know soon because I am about to leave
for my vacation and whatever happens will happen while I am away...
Have a great summer and thanks to all who will help
me out!
Anna Bigazzi
Anna Bigazzi
Art Reference
Librarian
Mortensen Library, Art Library
University of Hartford
200
Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
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