I totally agree. Backserv is doing a great job. Why have another?
Carol Morse

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>>> Orion_Pozo@NCSU.EDU 1/23/2004 6:03:17 AM >>>
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.

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NCSU Libraries
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-------- 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