11 messages: 1)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:16:03 -0600 From: Andrew Leonhart <aleonhar@MNU.EDU> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals Karrie, Offer them on Backserv! I hope everyone on Serialst knows about backserv. It is a list where people offer duplicate or withdrawn journals to other libraries. You can also request a missing journal from other libraries. There are over 500 libraries signed up on this list. To sign up send a message to: listserv@sun.readmore.com No subject. Body of message: subscribe backserv Then type: end so the listserv software doesn't interpret your signiture as a command. Hope to see you there. I may want some of those withdrawn journals. Andrew :) At 08:37 AM 12/12/97 -0400, you wrote: >HI, >Does anyone out there have any suggestions for disposal of old bound >journals? We are starting to run out of room in our library and would like >to weed some titles, but feel that it is wasteful to put them in a >landfill. We could send them to USBE, but is this our only option? Any >suggestions would be appreciated. > >Thank you. > >Karrie Yukon >Serials Librarian >General Motors Research Library >Karrie_F._Yukon@GMRNOTES3.GMR.COM > > ****************************************************** "When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus Telephone (913) 782-3750 x 162 Fax (913) 791-3285 E-Mail aleonhar@mnu.edu MAILING LABEL: Andrew Leonhart Mabee Library MidAmerica Nazarene University 2030 E. College Way Olathe, KS 66062-1899 2)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 12:09:10 -0500 From: "Dahrl E. Moore" <moore@ACC.FAU.EDU> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals Try Alfred Jaeger, P.O.Box 9009, 66 Austin Boulevard, Commack, NY. 1-800-969-5247. they deal in back issues of titles. Dahrl E. Moore, Florida Atlantic University Library ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dahrl E. Moore Serials/Acquisitions Department Florida Atlantic University Libraries Ph: (561) 367-3778 777 Glades Road FAX: (561) 394-8829 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Email: moore@acc.fau.edu 3)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:04:58 -0600 From: "L. Hunter Kevil" <mulkevil@SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals Karrie, Before pitching your unloved journals, I would recommend you post them to BACKSERV. That way some library desperately looking for what you are about to toss has a chance to plug a gap. Check it out at: http://readmore.com/bis-eservices/backserv/index.html L. Hunter KEVIL, Ph.D. mulkevil@showme.missouri.edu Head, Serials Department 573-884-8760 (voice) Ellis Library 573-884-5243 (facsimile) University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri 65201 4)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:34:22 -0600 From: Joe Edelen <jedelen@SUNFLOWR.USD.EDU> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals Call Hawkeye Book Company, 605-472-1559. Maybe they would be interested in buying some/all of what you have. Joe Edelen University of South Dakota 5)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:07:13 -0400 (EDT) From: GLEN MAHONEY <GMAHONEY@LIBRARY.SMITH.EDU> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals You should consider contacting: Alfred Jaeger, Inc. 66 Austin Blvd. P.O. Box 9009 Commack, NY 11725-9009 phone: 516-543-1500 fax: 516-543-1537 home page: http://www.ajaeger.com This company purchases back runs of journals, especially science titles, from libraries. !/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*!/*! Glen K. Mahoney email:gmahoney@library.smith.edu Periodicals/Acquisitions phone:413-585-2983 William Allan Neilson Library fax: 413-585-2904 Smith College Northampton, MA 01063-0001 6)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 15:08:22 -0500 From: "Susan E. Sturgeon" <ssturgeo@SALEM.MASS.EDU> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals By all means join the BACKSERV listserv, which is devoted exclusively to the informal and free (except for postage) exchange of serials back issues and volumes among libraries. It's wonderful! To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@SUN.READMORE.COM that reads: subscribe BACKSERV (your name) SUSAN STURGEON SERIALS DEPARTMENT SALEM STATE COLLEGE LIBRARY 352 LAFAYETTE ST. SALEM MA 01970 NEW E-mail address:susan.sturgeon@salem.mass.edu 7)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 17:01:20 -0500 From: Sharon Bingham <sbingham@ALLEG.EDU> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals I put out a list to 50 other libraries each year. On this list are books and periodicals (bound and loose) that we no longer want. They are free. Some places put out a similar list, but mandate that you pay the shipping for anything sent to you. Sherree 8)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:33:08 -0800 (PST) From: Helen Clarke <Helen_Clarke@DOUGLAS.BC.CA> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals Karrie, We forward a lot of our superceded or duplicate issues to the National Library of Canada for inclusion on their gifts and exchange list. The address is: Canadian Book Exchange Centre National Library of Canada 85 Bentley Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6T7 their phone is 613-995-2317 and their fax is 613-954-9891 Helen -- Helen_Clarke@douglas.bc.ca Helen Clarke/Serials Assistant Douglas College Library P.O. Box 2503 New Westminster British Columbia V3L 5B2 CANADA phone (604) 527-5179 Fax (604) 527-5193 9)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:39:21 -0600 From: Nancy Day <dayn@LHL.LIB.MO.US> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals Dear Karrie Do you have a list of the titles and the years? If these are technical/scientific journals, Linda Hall Library would be most appreciative of the opportunity to consider your discards. As a public research library in science and technology we are interested in filling in gaps in our collections and are a better alternative than a landfill. Please call so we can discuss this in a bit more detail. I am sure you will not find much interest on the part of USBE in older journals. Thank you Nancy Day 816-926-8735 Nancy Day Information Resources Officer Linda Hall Library 5109 Cherry Kansas City MO 64110-2498 USA Voice mail: 816-926-8735 e-mail: dayn@lhl.lib.mo.us Fax: 816-926-8790 Home page: http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us 10)_____ Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 07:53:34 -0600 From: Dana Belcher <dbelcher@MAILCLERK.ECOK.EDU> Subject: Withdrawing journals -Reply Is there not a recycling program locally? Dana Belcher, Periodicals Librarian East Central University Ada, OK 74820 11)_____ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:39:37 -0500 (EST) From: Lolah Giamalva <lgiamalv@LEO.VSLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Withdrawing journals Karrie, one option we use frequently is to check serial request exchanges-it is very labor intensive and is dependent on the number of staff working in the serial area. But you are sending the magazine to an institution that will likely be binding the title and needs the requested issues to have a complete volume for binding. Another option by a different employer was to let staff take what magazines they were interested in home or donate to a dentist, doctor, retirement home...the list is endless. Hope this helps!