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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:51:38 -0600
From: James Huesmann <huesmanj@LHL.LIB.MO.US>
Subject: Re: Libraries purchased and moved? (Joe Rose)

Joe,

        We here at Linda Hall Library have had a bit of experience over the last
four years in acquiring other libraries, moving them to our location,
integrating them, etc.  Indeed, our original collection came to us 51 years
ago from the Mareican Academy of Arts & Sciences in Boston.  As of late, it
has been the Engineering Societies Library from New York (approx. 250,000
volumes), and the libraries from the American Public Works Association,
American Gas Association, American Petroleum Insitute, and American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.  Feel free to contact me with
more questions.

James Huesmann
Head, Technical and Automated Services
Linda Hall Library
5109 Cherry St
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 926-8704  Fax: (816) 926-8790
huesmanj@lhl.lib.mo.us

>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 22:09:38 -0400
> From: "Joe H. Rose" <4buds@GTE.NET>
> Subject: Libraries purchased and moved?
>
> Joe Rose here,
>
> Although not a specific "serials" issue, my question still has a serials
> component.  I'd welcome any help, and it would be best to send to me
> directly.
>
> My library has recently purchased the collection of a university that
> had to file bankruptcy.  We are now working through a number of issues
> -- moving, storing, assessing, integrating, etc.  I was wondering if
> anyone on the list could put me in contact with someone else who has
> been involved in:
>
> 1. Purchasing the contents of another library -- or even purchasing a
> sizeable portion of one.
>
> 2. Moving a collection over a long distance, not just from one building
> to another on the same campus.
>
> 3. Integrating or processing the newly acquired collection.
>
> Thanks in advance for ANY help or thoughts.
>
> Joe Rose
> Florida College
> rosej@flcoll.edu
> 4buds@gte.net
>