We did have to report the number of volumes withdrawn. As to
state requirements for sale – no, we cannot sell state property outright,
but we can give it to other libraries, schools (they even encourage us to give
things to school libraries), universities and museums. And the
state, so far, has been satisfied that offering things on BACKSERV satisfies
the requirement of offering the items out for bid (if we only get one entity
that wants to buy the items offered, then we only get one bid, but it can
legitimately be considered a bid and anyone who wanted to could put in a bid/offer).
Fortunately we aren’t quite as restricted as others.
Susan
Susan Andrews
Head, Serials Librarian
Texas A&M University-Commerce
P.O. Box 3011 - Library
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
Susan_Andrews@tamu-commerce.edu
(903)886-5733
"Your Success Is Our Business"
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Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Pennington,
Buddy D.
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:19 AM
To: SERIALST@list.uvm.edu
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Selling of Journals, Donations of Journals,
mostly Jstor
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report the withdrawn volumes as removal of state property as well (and I know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withdrawn to our Procurement department and they assign a monetary value to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withdrawn volumes.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
800 East 51st Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: 816-235-1548
Fax: 816-333-5584
Email: penningtonb@umkc.edu
UMKC University Libraries: Discovery. Knowledge. Empowerment.
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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.