On a related note you may also have provisions requiring you to report the withdrawn volumes as removal of state property as well (and I know there is a better term than “removal” but I can’t think of it at the moment). At our institution we have to report the number of volumes withdrawn to our Procurement department and they assign a monetary value to indicate the removal of that property from UMKC ownership. I have heard that some institutions require that the library report the monetary value of withdrawn volumes.
Buddy Pennington
Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
University of Missouri - Kansas City
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Kansas City, MO 64110
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Rebecca Kemp
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:11 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Selling of Journals, Donations of Journals, mostly Jstor
Hi, all- I just recently moved to Chapel Hill and haven't been involved with JSTOR volume withdrawal here, but I do know that as a state institution, UNC-Chapel Hill is not allowed to give away our discards. This may be the case at other state institutions as well. When I was at UNC Wilmington, we were allowed to put our discards up for auction (managed by UNCW's Surplus operations), but we were not allowed to give them away or sell them directly. Anyway, this is something to consider, if you're at a state institution. You may want to check with someone at your institution to see what the regulations are.
Best,
Rebecca
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Rebecca Kemp
E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian
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UNC-Chapel Hill
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>>>Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:18:59 -0500
From: Ken Siegert <ken.siegert@FANDM.EDU>
Subject: 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
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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