Re: Selling of Journals, Donations of Journals, mostly Jstor Koveleskie, Judith 25 Feb 2010 14:42 UTC
We listed a great number of older issues on BACKSERV a couple of years ago and probably found homes for about 10%, including sales to 2 vendors PSC and Arrow. As time goes on, the market will probably decrease. We did this in the summer, so we had time for packing and shipping. Maybe not cost effective, but at least beautifully bound volumes didn't end up in a landfill. Judith A. Koveleskie, MLIS, MA Periodicals Librarian Seton Hill University Reeves Memorial Library 1 Seton Hill Drive Greensburg, PA 15601-1548 kovelesk@setonhill.edu 724-838-7828 This document may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you received it in error, please contact the sender at once and destroy the document. The document may contain information subject to restrictions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Acts. Such information may not be disclosed or used in any fashion outside the scope of the service for which you are receiving the information. -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Zappen Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:26 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Selling of Journals, Donations of Journals, mostly Jstor We found that the staff time needed to inventory and pack up material to sell to a vendor far exceeded the amount we were paid. There is little to no demand for these titles. Currently we place these volumes in a recycle bin. Susan Zappen Associate College Librarian for Collections Lucy Scribner Library Skidmore College 815 North Broadway Saratoga Springs NY 12866-1632 szappen@skidmore.edu Phone: 518-580-5521 Fax: 518-580-5541 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Siegert Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:19 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Selling of Journals, Donations of Journals, mostly Jstor Hello, We are looking at *maybe* withdrawing large runs of journal material, mostly duplicated on Jstor. I have a few questions. Has anyone had any luck in selling their old Jstor material? Typically, the Periodicals Service Company is the only company that is ever interested in our material, although rarely in our Jstor material. What about donating the material? Is the shipping cost prohibitive? I know that some companies, like United States Book Exchange won't even take Jstor titles. When others have withdrawn their Jstor print collections, how have you handled the process? Have you done it all at once as a summer project, pulled titles on an on-going basis? Thanks, Ken ---------- Ken Siegert Acquisitions Assistant Electronic Resources & Periodicals / U.S. Documents Shadek-Fackenthal Library Franklin & Marshall College P.O. Box 3003 Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 Phone - (717) 291-4219 Fax - (717) 291-4160