Re: recycling bound journals Susan Wishnetsky 30 Mar 2007 20:38 UTC
At 12:46 PM 3/30/2007, you wrote: >We are preparing for a major journal removal project - space driven, >unfortunately. >We are in Staunton, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley. >Does anyone in our area know a company that would recycle bound journals ? >We hope to sell, give away, or recycle rather than just send these >to the dump ... Here's my old list that I used to send out to donors who had stuff we didn't want. I have not updated it in a long time, so it may be horribly out of date. There's nothing in your area, either. But, what the heck, I'll throw it out there, what's the harm. SW Doctors Without Borders 6 East 39th Street, 8th floor New York, NY 10016 212-679-6800, 212-655-3759 http://www.msf.org/ Medical Books for China International 13021 East Florence Avenue Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670-4505 800-554-2245, 310-946-8774 http://www.aagl.com/mbcifrm.htm Books for Asia 451 Sixth Street San Francisco, CA 94119 415-982-4640 ext. 243 or 230 Bridge to Asia 665 Grant Avenue San Francisco, CA 94108-2430 (see web site for warehouse addresses for sending actual books) 415-678-2990 <http://www.bridge.org/'mailto:"asianet@bridge.org"'>asianet@bridge.org http://www.bridge.org/ Brother's Brother Foundation 824 Grandview Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15211-1442 412-431-1600 http://www.brothersbrother.com/ International Book Project 1440 Delaware Avenue Lexington, KY 40505 606-254-6771 http://www.intlbookproject.org/ Journals in good condition (especially if they're current) can be offered for sale. Take a look at what's listed at http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/colserv/gifts/dealers.html. If you want to take the trouble to package up individual issues for the libraries that need them and send a bunch of separate packages, you can reach hundreds of libraries around the country -- and other countries -- by sending a message to <backmed@nalist1.swets.com>. (See <http://lists.swetsblackwell.com/mailman/listinfo/backmed> for more information.) Tell them what you've got. Word your message carefully -- if you want reimbursement for shipping, say so; if you want it in the form of a check, specify that too (a lot of those libraries reimburse each other with postage stamps!). If you're not willing to ship overseas, say so in your message. I used to participate in this all the time, and it was a LOT of work, but very satisfying to know that I was sending my unwanted journals to places that really wanted them. That's all I've got. SW >Thanks for any suggestions from the local libraries. > >Lucy A. Crews >Catalog / Serials Librarian >Grafton Library >Mary Baldwin College >Staunton, Virginia 24401 >Ph : 540-887-7088 >Fax : 540-887-7297 >Email: LCREWS@MBC.EDU > >Access, Service, Knowledge : ASK@Grafton Library > > > > Susan Wishnetsky Electronic Resources Librarian Galter Health Sciences Library The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 303 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008 (312) 503-9351 FAX (312) 503-1204 pasiphae@northwestern.edu