CURRENT PERIODICALS DISPLAY RACK

CURRENT PERIODICALS DISPLAY RACK


We have a CURRENT PERIODICALS DISPLAY RACK situated at the back of the
Redmond Barry Reading Room.
It carries 288 titles numbered 1-288,arranged in DDC order.
Four folders accompany the collection. They list the titles displayed (in alphabetical order),
indicating their position on the rack.
The items on the rack consist of a selection of the latest issues of the more substantial
and well known magazines from Australia and abroad.
A large number of subjects is covered by the selection; science,computers,book reviews,
sociology, womens studies,economics,business,ships,trains,cars,health,fashion,ecology,
gardening,architecture,politics,military matters,sport,general news,etc.,etc.
We are pleasantly surprised how well patronized the display rack continues to be,despite
the obvious competition for current information provided by the internet.
Young and old,men and women, they continue to browse and self-service from the array of
titles in front of them.
Browsing an open access current collection for new and sometimes unexpected information,
still plays a pleasurable and rewarding role.
An electronic database search on a narrow topic can amass a wide range of hits, but browsing
for the yet unknown,continues to provide a distinct function.