Re: new Gift and Exchange discussion list Orion Pozo 23 Jan 2004 14:03 UTC
Dear Werner and Shixing, I tend to disagree with you that a Gift and Exchange discussion group would be a good place to post duplicates lists. I can see this as a place to discuss exchange programs, but not to be an actual duplicates exchange. In my mind there are enough duplicates exchanges already in existence. Birdie MacLennan maintains a website called Back Issues & Exchange Services at http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/backexch.html which lists existing duplicates exchanges. BACKSERV and ALA/ALCTS Duplicates Exchange Union (DEU) serve as general duplicates exchanges and should be supported rather than starting up new ones. I can see a need for more specialized subject exchanges like the ASEE/ELD Duplicates Exchange which I coordinate. Groups of librarians with specialized subject interests can find the volume of information on DEU and BACKSERV daunting. The Gift and Exchange discussion group could be a good place to set up such exchanges or to talk about ways to improve the ones that already exist. -- Orion Pozo, Collection Manager for Engineering NCSU Libraries Email: orion_pozo@ncsu.edu Instant Messenger: FOrionPozo Tel: 919-515-7557 Fax: 919-513-1108 Box 7111 NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 ======================================================== -------- Original Message -------- From: Shixing Wen <shwen@UMICH.EDU> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] new Gift and Exchange discussion list To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Dear Werner, You're right. In addition to more theoretical discussions, this list can also be used to facilitate exchanging of discarded/duplicate books/periodicals. But please hold on a little bit. I'd like to start a discussion on ethical issues related to library booksale next week. We don't want to bombard our colleagues with lists of duplicate materials from the very beginning :) Shixing Wen GIFTEXCH list administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Werner Lind" <wlind@MAIL.BLUEFIELD.EDU> To: <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [SERIALST] new Gift and Exchange discussion list > Would this be a list for exchanging discarded/duplicate periodicals, in > addition to its > other purposes? > > Shixing Wen wrote: > > > As you know, the GIFTEX-L was disbanded last week. A new gift and exchange > > discussion list, called GIFTEXCH, has been created at the University of > > Michigan. > > > > To sign up to the new list, please > > > > 1. send an email to: giftexch-request@umich.edu > > 2. leave the subject line blank > > 3. in the body of message, type: > > subscribe your first name and last name > > (for example: subscribe Shixing Wen) > > > > One of the issues I intend to discuss on the new list is the ethical issues > > related to library booksale. Anybody interested, please sign up. > > > > Shixing Wen > > Head of Exchange & Gift Section > > University of Michigan Library > > -- > Werner A. Lind > Assistant Library Director > Easley Library/Bluefield College > 3000 College Drive > Bluefield, VA 24605 > 276-326-4269