Re: Periodical donations (2 messages) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 21 Jul 2000 16:28 UTC
2 messages: 1)_____ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:09:42 +1200 From: Sandra Kennedy <sandra.kennedy@CHMEDS.AC.NZ> Subject: Re: Periodical donations (Karen Bolton) >What experience have others had with donated titles? Am I worried for >nothing? Let me know. Karen, I don't think that you are worrying for nothing at all. Here are the main problems I have had over a number of years with donated journals: Timeliness of receiving issues (we're trying to chase up one particular title at present which is circulated round the department first and ends up in someone's office). Because these titles appear in our OPAC our borrowers expect the latest issues to be available within a similar time to our paid subs. Getting complete volumes. I have found that some issues, which presumably contain the most useful information, never get passed on. A real problem if you bind complete volumes. Continuity. What will you do when the donor cancels his/her subscription, stops donating, or leaves the institution? This has been a problem for us, because the funding is then not available to take up these subscriptions, but there are problems with arbitrarily cancelling well-used material, especially as in these cases it will not have gone through our cancellation process. There are potential problems with some publishers over personal copies being donated to a library. We had to stop receiving at least one journal that way as each copy states clearly on the outside front cover that it is for personal use only and must not be placed in a library. We prefer sponsored to donated copies, if possible, for these reasons. Sandra Kennedy Acquisitions Librarian Canterbury Medical Library >Thanks! > >Karen Bolton >Serials Librarian >bolton@msoe.edu > > 2)______ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:39:39 -0400 From: "Arnold, Margaret" <mrarnold@EMAIL.UNCC.EDU> Subject: Re: Periodical Donations > Ditto, all the problems everyone else has mentioned, *plus*, the problem > of indexes, title pages, volume contents, supplements and special issues. > Sometimes individuals don't receive these like institutions do, mostly > they don't pay the same kind of attention and care, and they're rarely > particularly conscientious about getting them to the library as soon as > they've been received. Again, not because of any inherent slackness or > unconcern for the library - they just have other things to do and think > about. Generally, donated subscriptions for anything except popular type > reading are more trouble (and, often, expense) than they're worth. ********************** Margaret Robinson Arnold email: mrarnold@email.uncc.edu Bindery Supervisor Atkins Library UNC Charlotte Charlotte NC 28223 Phone: (704) 547-2127 Fax: (704) 547-3473