Perhaps to get a definitive answer and keep everything above board, why
don't you contact the publisher directly with you enquiry?  See if there
is a time frame in which they enforce this policy.  You might have to
dig beyond the front-line customer service to a supervisor or manager of
subscriptions.

Barb

barb dietsch | serials coordinator
epa library | unc contract staff
109 alexander drive | mail code c267-01
research triangle park, nc 27711
phone: 919.541.0726
fax: 919.541.1405
dietsch.barbara@epa.gov

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I found this in one of our medical journals:

(Subscription rates for institutions and individuals and a single issue
price.)

"For member society subscriptions, please contact the publishers
[address missing].

Individuals who wish to subscribe at a reduced rate must declare
informally that the subscription is for their own private use.  It will
not replace any institutional subscription and it will not be put at the
disposal of any library."

One could assume from this that one cannot therefore donate old issues
to any library.

Mary

Mary Williams (mwill108@utmem.edu)
Assistant Professor/Serials Librarian
 University of Tennessee
Health Science Center
Library and Biocommunications Center
877 Madison Avenue, Room 250
Memphis, TN 38163

Phone: (901) 448-5154
FAX: (901) 448-5402