Where did the Current Periodicals go?

As you may have realized, we have many fewer print journals now than we did in 1996. I choose this year somewhat arbitrarily, but it was also the beginning of the first ejournal "pilot" we had at UCR.  I believe we can say now that the pilot was a success.  I say this because there are only 3-4 researchers who still regularly come into the Science Library to see print journals.  We miss you.  However, your convenience is our primary goal and electronic journals are more convenient, take up no space, and do not require binding, maintenance or replacement.

This is a win-win situation.

In the last couple of years we have gotten to the point where we have too few current print journals to maintain a respectable "Current Periodicals" section.  The current periodicals will now mostly be sent up to live with their older counterparts on the 2nd and 3rd floors.  So new issues will reside, unbound, next to older ones. 

A very small subset of current periodicals was chosen to live on the "New Materials" shelves by the entry lounge.  These were chosen exclusively based on room usage statistics.  If you would like to nominate an unbound journal to come live in the new materials shelves, let me know.