We accept almost anything, with the caveat that we can pass it along
however we wish.

With most serials, we review them to add whatever we might be lacking or
to add a new title, then (usually) discard the rest.  If there are long
runs, we might offer them through ARLIS-L to other libraries; if they
are substantial enough (monographic in nature, gallery catalogs, auction
catalogs), we can resell them with other books.

Evalyn

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Evalyn Stone
Serials Librarian, Thomas J. Watson Library
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0198
tel: 212/ 650-2446      fax: 212/ 570-3847
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-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Liping Song
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 3:40 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] gift policy for serials

I'm very interested in knowing policies regarding accepting and handling

serial donations from other institutions. I'd appreciate any information

you might share with me. Thanks in advance!

Liping

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Liping Song, MA, MTS, MLIS
Electronic Resources Cataloging and Access Librarian
Health Sciences Library System
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-648-3401
lsong@pitt.edu