When you look up a journal in the catalog, you'll
see that different issues of a single title may
be located in different places. This explanation
of a journal's travel through the library system
is intended to help patrons understand why this
is, and where issues of a journal are likely to
be.
Note that not all journals make a stop in the
Current Periodicals Room: many go straight to
the Baker-Berry stacks upon receipt. Journals
that shelve in the CPR have a note in the catalog
record that says "Current issues in Current
Periodicals Room".
Here's what happens to Current Periodicals Room
titles when they are received by the library:
- The journal is received and checked-in by
Acquisitions Services, then sent to the CPR
to be shelved.
- When a certain number of issues of a journal
(usually a year's worth) have accumulated in
the Current Periodicals Room, the older issues
are taken off the shelf to make room for the
newer.
- The issues taken off the shelf are gathered
and bound together. They are unavailable during
this process.
- Once the issues are bound, they are shelved
in the Baker-Berry stacks.
This is why a CPR journal's most recent issues
can be found in the Current Periodicals Room,
and older issues are bound and shelved in the
stacks.
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