Re: Selling of Journals, Donations of Journals, mostly Jstor Susan Andrews 24 Feb 2010 18:21 UTC
We have withdrawn most of our JSTOR titles. It was done in one big project initially and we did it during the school year because I am more likely to have student workers to help with toting, etc. We actually offered these out on Backserv and the DEU list (again, the students made the lists) and, much to my surprise, a fair number were taken by other libraries and even PSC, on occasion. I was glad to see this because I hated to see thousands of dollars of materials go into the recycler and because, at that time, we had to remove the covers to recycle (a really big project which, again, the students did). The people who wanted the items reimbursed postage and the students packed things up, so the cost was not great, and was mostly time, which we had to use on removing covers anyway. And I was happy to see things go to good homes. The things that weren't taken did go into recycling. The biggest thing about removing JSTOR titles is the amount of time and effort involved. When it came right down to it, because we had to remove the covers, the amount of time and effort spent in offering out and recycling evened out. And you still had to fix your records in the catalog and OCLC (even more time and effort). Good luck, Susan Andrews Head, Serials Librarian Texas A&M University-Commerce P.O. Box 3011 - Library Commerce, TX 75429-3011 Susan_Andrews@tamu-commerce.edu (903)886-5733 "Your Success Is Our Business" -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Siegert Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:19 AM To: SERIALST@list.uvm.edu Subject: [SERIALST] Selling of Journals, Donations of Journals, mostly Jstor Hello, We are looking at *maybe* withdrawing large runs of journal material, mostly duplicated on Jstor. I have a few questions. Has anyone had any luck in selling their old Jstor material? Typically, the Periodicals Service Company is the only company that is ever interested in our material, although rarely in our Jstor material. What about donating the material? Is the shipping cost prohibitive? I know that some companies, like United States Book Exchange won't even take Jstor titles. When others have withdrawn their Jstor print collections, how have you handled the process? Have you done it all at once as a summer project, pulled titles on an on-going basis? Thanks, Ken ---------- Ken Siegert Acquisitions Assistant Electronic Resources & Periodicals / U.S. Documents Shadek-Fackenthal Library Franklin & Marshall College P.O. Box 3003 Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 Phone - (717) 291-4219 Fax - (717) 291-4160