On a related note you may also have provisions requiring you to
report the withdrawn volumes as removal of state property as well (and I know
there is a better term than “removal” but I can’t think of it at the moment).
At our institution we have to report the number of volumes withdrawn to our
Procurement department and they assign a monetary value to indicate the removal
of that property from UMKC ownership. I have heard that some institutions require
that the library report the monetary value of withdrawn volumes.
Buddy Pennington
Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
University of Missouri - Kansas City
800 East 51st Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: 816-235-1548
Fax: 816-333-5584
Email: penningtonb@umkc.edu
UMKC University Libraries: Discovery. Knowledge. Empowerment.
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries
Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Rebecca
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Subject: [SERIALST] Selling of Journals, Donations of Journals, mostly
Jstor
Hi, all- I just recently moved to Chapel Hill and haven't been involved with JSTOR volume withdrawal here, but I do know that as a state institution, UNC-Chapel Hill is not allowed to give away our discards. This may be the case at other state institutions as well. When I was at UNC Wilmington, we were allowed to put our discards up for auction (managed by UNCW's Surplus operations), but we were not allowed to give them away or sell them directly. Anyway, this is something to consider, if you're at a state institution. You may want to check with someone at your institution to see what the regulations are.