Sec only: back issues of periodicals

[Steve Powell Media Specialist <spowell@frontier.net>]

LMneters,
With online subscriptions and full text magazine databases, we are
looking into just how long do we need to keep back issues of hardcopy
periodicals, what with storage space limited.  We are a high school of
1500 students, and keep most popular periodicals only back three years.
The exceptions are Time, Newsweek, US News, Life, National Geographic
(back to the 1920's), and Sports Illustrated, which we have back to the
mid 70's.  We were wondering how long do you keep back issues.

--
Steve Powell, Media Generalist
spowell@durango.k12.co.us or spowell@frontier.net
Durango High School (http://www.frontier.net/~demon)
2390 Main 970/259-1630 ext 251 Durango, CO 81301

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time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall--Think of it,
ALWAYS."-- Mahatma Gandhi

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