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Falk Library Storage Materials Now AvailableFor the past six years, older materials from the Falk Library collections have been in remote storage and unavailable to users. As of September 1, 2004, all storage materials are once again available by request. In 1988, overcrowding in Falk Library mandated that some infrequently-used materials be moved to storage. Using the start date of MEDLINE as a base, all materials with publication dates of 1966 or earlier (with the exception of the History of Medicine collection) were moved to onsite storage, or warehouse space on the South Side. Ten years later, these materials were moved out of the warehouse, and with no other alternatives, all the pre-1966 books and journals were boxed, shrink-wrapped onto pallets, and placed in inaccessible storage. Journals published from 1966-1974 were moved to closed stacks in Falk Library in 2002. This summer, space for HSLS became available in the University-owned library storage facility in Point Breeze, and Falk Library storage materials are again available to patrons. The pre-1966 journals and pre-1966 books are listed in PITTCat as "HSLS Storage – Request through HSLS Requests page" at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/services/documentdelivery>. --Deb Silverman |
