Re: Donating bound journals to Hurricane affected libraries Linda Grooms 08 Dec 2005 15:56 UTC
Does anyone have any additional information about this Absolute plan? I have been checking the website regularly and have seen no further details posted. I emailed Glenn Jaeger to ask about how to donate journals and have not yet received a reply. Linda Grooms -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Ham, Deb Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:11 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Donating bound journals to Hurricane affected libraries Absolute Backorder organized to do this. See their main website for details: http://www.absolute-inc.com/_/ Library Disaster Recovery Response from Absolute Backorder Inc. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Absolute Backorder Service is in the process of developing two significant offerings for all libraries affected by this disaster. As a vendor in the print back volume and issue industry, we have developed a substantial online inventory that is title, volume and issue specific. Absolute will offer all libraries that experienced a loss of serial back volumes due to Hurricane Katrina free replacements with no obligation. Every volume and issue in our inventory, http://www.absolute-inc.com/_/inventory/, which is updated daily, will be shipped at no charge. This program will take effect immediately for qualified libraries and continue through December 2007. Our second offering is being developed through our experience with disaster planning and recovery. Hundreds of libraries are interested in helping and yet there are no centralized services to coordinate specific journal back volume and issues. Our IT staff is aggressively working on a database to post all available donations in one location for libraries in need. This too will be offered at no charge to those affected by the devastating hurricane. Our plan is to create a Hurricane Katrina link on our website over the next few days with more specific information. In the interim, please contact myself, Glenn Jaeger, at jaeger@absolute-inc.com with any additional questions you may have. We at Absolute extend our heartfelt sympathies to all our brothers and sisters in need. We trust our offerings to help "rebuild a region" will be a small contribution in getting collections and more importantly life back to normal. Sincerely, Glenn Jaeger, President ***************************************************8 Debra Ham Library Specialist, Serials Reinert Alumni Memorial Library Creighton University 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 dldham@creighton.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Heather Whalen Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:01 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Donating bound journals to Hurricane affected libraries I've recently started a new job in serials and reference at DeSales University. I've discovered that we have several shelves of duplicate journals (mostly bound). I would like to offer these issues to any library that may need them that has been affected by Hurricane Katrina or Wilma. Has a program already started up to offer journals to affected libraries? Thanks, Heather ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.