In the absence of a key staff member, I have suddenly been forced
to deal with the reality of the sheer number of renewal notices
that we receive around this time of year.  As a result, I have 2
questions.

Has anybody been successful in getting publishers to _not_ send
renewal notices to the library, when the subscription is through a
vendor?  If so, what did you do?  I compare it to the situation
that would arise if I gave someone a gift subscription to a
magazine for Christmas.  I would expect the renewal notice to come
to me, and not go to the recipient.

Second, I have noticed a consistent notice in all of the renewals
from Mary Ann Liebert.  It says:

     New postal regulations require that we have complete street
addreses for our subscribers.

     Please check your address as shown on this renewal form.  If
your street address is missing, please fill in the required street
and number information on this form and return to us along with
your renewal form.

     By correcting your address, you will ensure faster and intact
delivery by the postal system.

Can anyone tell me what those new postal regulations are?  At my
university, all mail is delivered to the university post office,
and is dsitributed centrally from there.  We are not allowed to
have direct mail delivery at our libraries.  In our case, putting
the street address on our mailing labels would only cause
confusion.  If I received my personal mail through a PO Box, they
certainly would not require me to list my street address (or the
street address of the PO) on my incoming mail.  Is this another
case of someone misinterpreting postal regulations?  Or (a worst
case scenario), another case of the USPS setting illogical
regulations?

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

Steve Murden
Virginia Commonwealth University
smurden@gems.vcu.edu