[Milton-L] Milton & The Watchtower in libraries

[Sara van den Berg]

Sara van den Berg wrote:
> Patrick Scott wrote:
>> John Hale asks:
>>
>> Do libraries take it [The Watchtower], and on what basis do they decide?
>>
>> According to WorldCat (admittedly incomplete but plausible as an
>> indicator),
>> 75 libraries using the OCLC system have The Watchtower (founded 1879,
>> though very few have a run including the early years).
>>
>> However, only 15 of those are ARL libraries, even when you allow a
>> related theological library to count as part of the ARL library's
>> holdings. My own library, for instance, has only the Sept 15, 2007 issue
>> (in the Milton collection).
>> By contrast, WorldCat shows 601 libraries with Milton Quarterly, and 314
>> with Milton Newsletter, almost all university or college libraries. 
>> Patrick Scott
>> Director of Special Collections, Thomas Cooper Library,
>> & Professor of English,
>> University of South Carolina,
>> Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
>> Tel: 803-777-1275
>> Fax: 803-777-4661, attn Dr Scott
>> E-mail: scottp at gwm.sc.edu
>>  
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> A few hundred years from now, scholars of 20th-21st century religious 
> groups will probably be interested in /The Watchtower/, just as we are 
> interested in the writings of 17th c groups.  General academic 
> research libraries may not need it now unless they have specialized 
> collections for the study of American religion.  Libraries that 
> subscribe to /Milton Quarterly/ and /Milton Newsletter/ reflect 
> current research and teaching priorities (I hope).  I would assume 
> that certain seminaries and other similar collections might 
> subscribe.  On Worldcat, I noticed 54 libraries have a subscription 
> that includes current issues.  These include Christian seminaries and 
> colleges, major academic libraries (e.g., UCLA), and public libraries  
> where presumably there is community demand.  The German national 
> library and a major library in Israel also subscribe.
>
> Sara van den Berg
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Hi Everyone,

In case my message wasn't clear, the last three sentences of my 
message--about subscriptions to seminaries, etc.--refers to /The 
Watchtower/, not to /Milton Quarterly/ or any other Milton journal.

Sara van den Berg