Wow, thanks! That's very helpful!

andree

On 11/1/07, Carol Mayer <cmayer@uidaho.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Andree,
>
> I have a copy of an email I received in February 2006.  I don't know if
> any of them are still around. Hope it helps.
>
> Carol Mayer                              cmayer@uidaho.edu
> Periodicals Service Center         Phone:  208-885-5831
> University of Idaho Library          Fax:  208-885-6817
> PO Box 442359
> Moscow, ID     83844-2359
>
>
> Folks,
>
> Someone called me today to ask about vendors/back issue dealers. Here's
> a summary of the ones I use. Contact me off-list if you would like more
> information (listed alphabetically):
>
> Absolute Backorder: Located: in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Sending them
> Back Issues: If you send them a list and they pre-approve it, they will
> send you a check for shipping costs once the issues arrive at their end.
> Special Feature: East Coast Exchange -- if you send them your back
> issues, you can join the East Coast Exchange and order issues from them
> at a reduced cost. Website: http://www.absolute-inc.com/_/ <
> https://www.mail.uidaho.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.absolute-inc.com/_/
> >
>
> EBSCO: Missing Issues Copy Bank located in Birmingham, AL. Sending them
> Back Issues: If you send them issues from their MCB list and you use
> them as a vendor, they will send you a check for shipping costs at the
> end of each quarter.
>
> Periodicals Service Company (PSC): located in Germantown, New York.
> Sending them Back Issues: Usually, they will request issues from you,
> but you can send them lists for them to pre-approve and they will send
> you a check or stamps for shipping costs once the issues arrive at their
> end. Sometimes, they will offer more than just shipping. Website:
> http://www.periodicals.com <
> https://www.mail.uidaho.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.periodicals.com
> >
>
> USBE: located in Cleveland, Ohio. Sending them Back Issues: If you send
> them a list and they pre-approve it, they will credit your account for
> shipping costs once the issues arrive at their end and you can use that
> credit to order issues from them. Website: http://www.usbe.com <
> https://www.mail.uidaho.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.usbe.com>
>
> These are the only dealers that I deal with on a regular basis. I have
> had good luck and good responses from all of these vendors and would
> wholeheartedly recommend them to others. If anyone has any other dealers
> that they use frequently, please let us know. Someone asked me about
> EduCo, but I know nothing about them as a dealer.
>
>
> Debra Ham
> Library Specialist, Serials
> Reinert Alumni Memorial Library
> Creighton University
> 2500 California Plaza
> Omaha, NE 68178
>
> dldham@creighton.edu
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum on behalf of Andree
> Rathemacher
> Sent: Thu 11/1/07 9:13 AM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [SERIALST] jobbers who buy old volumes of periodicals
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a retired faculty member who wants a place for his back runs of
> engineering journals. We're going to take missing issues, but not more
> than
> a few.
>
> I used to have a list of companies who were interested in buying old
> serial
> runs, but I can't find it.
>
> Does anyone know of any such organizations?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------
> Andree Rathemacher
> Associate Professor
> Head, Serials Unit
> University Library, University of Rhode Island
> 15 Lippitt Road
> Kingston, RI  02881-2011
> work: (401) 874-5096
> fax: (401) 874-4608
> e-mail: andree@uri.edu
> e-mail: andree.rathemacher@gmail.com
> http://www.uri.edu/library/
>

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Andree Rathemacher
Associate Professor
Head, Serials Unit
University Library, University of Rhode Island
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI  02881-2011
work: (401) 874-5096
fax: (401) 874-4608
e-mail: andree@uri.edu
e-mail: andree.rathemacher@gmail.com
http://www.uri.edu/library/