Hello.  In recent months, a number of SERIALST subscribers have
expressed interest in wanting more information about back issues
and exchange services that are freely-offered on the Internet.
It is true that, for a number of years, SERIALST's moderators have
turned away postings for wanted or available listings of serials.
There are, in fact, a number of other forums that deal with back
issues and exchanges.  Rather than simply referring people who send back
issues lists to the sentence in the SERIALST Scope document that states,
"SERIALST is *not* a forum for the trade or exchange of duplicate, wanted
or unwanted serials," SERIALST's moderators have, for some time, wanted
to also be able to give them a listing of sources that would include
several options for pursuing the trade or exchange of back issues.

I am pleased to announce that a listing of Back Issues & Exchange Services
has recently been compiled and is now available at:

              http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/backexch.html

It includes information about, and direct links to seven sources (North
American, British, European) for trading serial back issues and other
materials.  It also includes a section which lists three forums that
can be used for discussion of processes (rather than actual trading) for
topics dealing with back issues, gifts, exchanges, etc.

Feel free to link, as you wish, to the Back Issues & Exchange Services
page.  Please note, too, that I have linked it from the SERIALST WWW page
at:  http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html

There are a number of people to thank for advice, ideas, feedback,
and collaboration in the development of the BACKEXCH web site.  They
include:  Ann Ercelawn (Vanderbilt), Marcia Tuttle (Univ.North Carolina,
Chapel Hill), Marilyn Geller (Readmore), Anna Belle Leiserson (Vanderbilt),
Simone Jerome (U.Liege), Paul Thirion (U.Liege), and Orion Pozo (North
Carolina State Univ.).

A plain text version of the BACKEXCH page follows below.  Any errors or
omissions are solely mine.  Please send updates, additions, corrections,
or revisions to:
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   |       |
   )*     |   Birdie MacLennan                BMacLenn@uvmvm.uvm.edu
   /     /    Bailey/Howe Library             BMacLenn@moose.uvm.edu
   )    |     University of Vermont           Phone:   802-656-2016
   |   |      Burlington, VT O5405  USA         Fax:   802-656-4038
   |__|           Serials Coordinator, SERIALST Listowner, etc.

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  Here is a text version of the BACKEXCH Web page, FYI.  (if some of this
  information seems scant, please note that the WWW version contains a number
  of direct links to sources cited, where more information can be obtained)
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                     Back Issues & Exchange Services

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         Here is a list of back issues and exchange services that have
         been mentioned on SERIALST, or through other networked
[image]  sources, as being freely-offered through the Internet. This
         listing has evolved to give those who are interested several
         options for pursuing the discussion and/or trade of serials.
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>>> For Posting Lists for the Exchange of Back Issues & Other
     Materials:

    * ASEE/ELD Duplicates Exchange - from the American Society for
      Engineering Education/Engineering Libraries Division.

    * BACKSERV - archives and list devoted exclusively to the informal
      exchange of serial back issues and books among libraries.
      (The list address is: backserv@sun.readmore.com. To subscribe,
      send an e-mail message to: listserv@sun.readmore.com that reads:
      subscribe backserv [your name])

    * BACKMED - archives and list devoted exclusively to the informal
      exchange of medical and health-related serial back issues and
      books among libraries.
      (The list address is: backmed@sun.readmore.com. To subscribe,
      send an e-mail message to: listserv@sun.readmore.com that reads:
      subscribe backmed [your name])

    * DEU-L - archives and list of the ALA/ALCTS Duplicates Exchange
      Union.
      (The list address is: deu-l@shsu.edu. To subscribe, send an
      e-mail message to: listserv@shsu.edu that reads: subscribe deu-l
      [your name])

    * EUROBACK - archives and list devoted to the informal exchange of
      serials back issues and books among European libraries / archives
      et liste reservees exclusivement a l'echange volontaire de
      fascicules de periodiques et de livres entre bibliotheques
      europeennes.
      (The list address is: euroback@vm1.ulg.ac.be. To subscribe, send
      an e-mail message to: listserv@vm1.ulg.ac.be that reads:
      subscribe euroback [your name])

    * LIS-MEDJOURNAL-DUPLICATES - a list for duplicate Medical/Health
      sciences journal exchanges to facilitate journal exchange
      primarily between UK medical libraries (although it is open to
      overseas subscribers also), by allowing periodicals librarians to
      post lists of journal duplicates and wants.
      (The list address is: lis-medjournal-duplicates@mailbase.ac.uk.
      To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk,
      with the name and subject lines blank, and the following message
      in the body of the text: join lis-medjournal-duplicates [your
      name]. Inquiries about the list should be sent to:
      lis-medjournal-duplicates-request@mailbase.ac.uk)

    * NEEDSANDOFFERS-L - archives and list whose purpose is to
      facilitate the exchange of legal library materials among
      libraries.
      (The list address is: needsandoffers-l@law.wuacc.edu. To
      subscribe, send an e-mail message to: listproc@law.wuacc.edu that
      reads: subscribe needsandoffers-l [your name])

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>>> For Discussion (only) of Back Issues, Exchanges, Gifts, etc.
    (processing & processes):

    * GIFTEX-L - a discussion list devoted to gifts and exchange
      librarianship. The list was established to provide a forum for
      discussing issues associated with the processing of gift books
      and journals donated as tax-deductible contributions to libraries
      and establishing, maintaining, and managing exchange of
      publications agreements between libraries. This list focuses on
      discussion of processes -- not actual trading or exchanges of
      materials.
      (The list address is: giftex-l@ukcc.uky.edu ; to subscribe, send
      an e-mail message to: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu that reads: subscribe
      giftex-l [your name])

    * ACQNET - a discussion forum devoted to library acquisitions,
      collection development, and related subjects. This list focuses
      on discussion of acquisitions processes -- not actual trading or
      exchanges of materials.

    * SERIALST - a discussion list devoted to all aspects of serials
      processing in libraries. Discussion of processes for back issues,
      exchanges, etc. is welcome though, as a rule, SERIALST is not a
      forum for posting lists for the trade or exchange of duplicate,
      wanted or unwanted serials.

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  >>>>>  Please send comments, updates, corrections to: the Back
         Issues & Exchange Services web developer <bmaclenn@moose.uvm.edu>
         Last updated: March 29, 1996.
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        http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/backexch.html