In regard to Mr. Picerno’s question, we still request missing pages via Interlibrary Loan.  Yes, it does put the book out of commission for a while, but there are options for making the book accessible if necessary.  We can request a good copy through Interlibrary Loan for the student.  Sometimes a student just wants a particular set of pages or a quick look.  In that case, we can (and sometimes do) make photocopies of the needed pages or let the student peruse the book in-house.

If a book with missing pages is discovered by a shelver, and it hasn’t circulated in eons, and if it further fits the weeding policy for the given subject area – then it gets withdrawn, of course, and no missing pages are pursued.  (The latter statement probably constitutes superfluous information, but it took me away from reading an unnecessarily complicated license agreement for half a minute.  Ha-ha.)

I, too, will be at the NASIG Conference the latter part of this week.

Sarah Tusa, Associate Professor

Coordinator of Collection Development & Acquisitions

Mary & John Gray Library, Lamar University

PO Box 10021

Beaumont, TX  77710-0021

Ph:   409/880-8125

Fax: 409/880-8225