Re: Ref Q: journal duplicate exchange ethics Susan Sturgeon 15 May 2007 15:58 UTC
As a state institution we are not allowed to sell anything we have purchased, but it is perfectly alright to "sell" what has been donated. And we do. I would much rather sell than put something in a landfill. Susan Susan Sturgeon Serials Librarian Salem State College Library 352 Lafayette St. Salem, MA 01970 (978) 542-6765 Fax: (978) 542-6596 email: susan.sturgeon@salemstate.edu >>> "Koveleskie, Judith" <kovelesk@SETONHILL.EDU> 5/15/2007 9:22 AM >>> I'm not a lawyer, but I don't see any problem in selling them since the proceeds would go to your library. When people donate items to our library, we always tell them that we may not add them to the collection if they don't seem relevant or if the item duplicates something we already have. In that case, we place the items in our annual book sale and the funds benefit the library. I think selling on a duplicate exchange would be the same thing. Judith A. Koveleskie Periodicals Librarian Seton Hill University Reeves Memorial Library 1 Seton Hill Drive Greensburg, PA 15601 724-838-7828 This document may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you received it in error, please contact the sender at once and destroy the document. The document may contain information subject to restrictions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Acts. Such information may not be disclosed or used in any fashion outside the scope of the service for which you are receiving the information. -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Blackwell, Lisa Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:00 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Ref Q: journal duplicate exchange ethics Hello, I hope that I'm not repeating a topic that has previously been discussed. We participate in a journal duplicate exchange list and the protocol is to use stamps to pay (no money exchanges). We have recently had a request from a company who would like to purchase some back issues that we posted. We cannot determine whether or not the company is a back-issues dealer or what precisely they need the issues for since they are not a library or medical organization. The issues in question were donated to our library by a physician and thus we did not originally purchase them. I am worried about the ethics of, in effect, "selling" our donations as opposed to exchanging them between libraries. If you have wrestled with a similar question, or if there is an ethical principle that is important to respect, please email me off-list. If there is enough interest, I will summarize for the list. Thank you, Lisa Lisa S. Blackwell, MLS Serials/Research Librarian Children's Hospital Library 700 Childrens Drive Columbus, Ohio 43205-2696 phone (614)722-3206 fax (614)722-3205 blackwel@chi.osu.edu We humans fear the beast within the wolf because we do not understand the beast within ourselves. ~Gerald Hausman ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, from Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. The recipient is responsible to maintain the confidentiality of this information and to use the information only for authorized purposes pursuant to Children's Hospital's confidentiality policies. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any review, use, disclosure, distribution, copying, printing, or action taken in reliance on the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you.