2024 Summer Weeding Update

The Libraries are about to start removing the print journals identified in the 2023 Journal Weeding project.  As stated in the earlier identification project, these are bound journals and other serials for which we have reliable online access. 

What will you see?

We are removing the bound journals that we identified with faculty help in order to make space for new materials.  You may see movers taking them away. You will certainly see gaps appearing in the journal shelving spaces. 

Are any books being weeded?

The Library is also weeding a few serials that are housed in the book areas based upon the same journal weeding project. We are also engaged in our usual weeding of duplicated, out of scope, outdated, or damaged materials. 

What will happen to them?

Some of them are going to be sent to the Internet Archive or Hathi Trust, where they will eventually become digitized for public use or act as a print reserve.  Some of them are going to be recycled.

How can I access this material now?

You can access these journals online, through the Libraries' electronic resources. 

Did the Libraries keep any of them?

Yes!  The Libraries are keeping a number of titles from the original list, based either on faculty feedback and request, or further investigation into the individual titles.

What will happen next?

The Libraries will be spending some time determining exactly what can move where, but eventually, some more older volumes currently in Howe Library will be moving to the Library Research Annex.  A few will be moving from the Library Research Annex to Howe Library.  In the meantime, there will be visible open shelves in the journal shelving areas, but we have plans for them. Our goal is to move all of the journals and other things on the shelves over in order to make space to add more books and to use the ones we have more easily.