Re: Online listing for withdrawals Susan Wishnetsky 23 Aug 2007 20:26 UTC
At 11:52 AM 8/23/2007, you wrote: >Wanted to know if there are any good lists to post unwanted serial volumes to. >Thanks, >Margy Gwozdz >Williams College Libraries >Williamstown, MA 01267 I think maybe we were all waiting for someone else to respond first. Here's what I always send to prospective donors with items we don't accept. The listservs are at the the bottom. If anyone can help me add to or update this list, I'd be delighted. SW ________________________________ Doctors Without Borders 6 East 39th Street, 8th floor New York, NY 10016 212-679-6800, 212-655-3759 http://www.msf.org/ Medical Books for China International 13021 East Florence Avenue Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670-4505 800-554-2245, 310-946-8774 http://www.aagl.com/mbcifrm.htm Books for Asia 451 Sixth Street San Francisco, CA 94119 415-982-4640 ext. 243 or 230 Bridge to Asia 665 Grant Avenue San Francisco, CA 94108-2430 (see web site for warehouse addresses for sending actual books) 415-678-2990 asianet@bridge.org http://www.bridge.org/ Brother's Brother Foundation 824 Grandview Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15211-1442 412-431-1600 http://www.brothersbrother.com/ International Book Project 1440 Delaware Avenue Lexington, KY 40505 606-254-6771 http://www.intlbookproject.org/ Journals in good condition (especially if they're current) can be offered for sale. Take a look at what's listed at http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/colserv/gifts/dealers.html. If you want to take the trouble to package up individual issues for the libraries that need them and send a bunch of separate packages, you can reach hundreds of libraries around the country -- and in other countries -- by sending a message to <backserv@nalist1.swets.com>. Or, if the journals are medical-related, use <backmed@nalist1.swets.com>. (See <http://lists.swetsblackwell.com/mailman/listinfo/backserv> or <http://lists.swetsblackwell.com/mailman/listinfo/backmed> for more information.) Tell them what you've got. Word your message carefully -- if you want reimbursement for shipping, say so; if you want it in the form of a check, specify that too (a lot of those libraries reimburse each other with postage stamps!). If you're not willing to ship overseas, say so in your message. I used to participate in this all the time, and it was a LOT of work, but very satisfying to know that I was sending my unwanted journals to places that really wanted them. SW Susan Wishnetsky Electronic Resources Librarian Galter Health Sciences Library Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 303 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008 (312) 503-9351 FAX (312) 503-1204 pasiphae@northwestern.edu