Question re accepting gift issues of a serial (2 messages) Birdie MacLennan 17 Sep 1996 18:29 UTC
2 messages, 86 lines: (1)------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 08:19:16 -0400 From: Deborah Harrell <dharrell@WESTGA.EDU> Subject: Re: Question re accepting gift issues of a serial (2 messages) We have a number of "subscriptions" that faculty members actually receive and then donate to the library holdings. Surely it can't be illegal to do whatever you want with material you pay for out of your own pocket! Yes, we do have claims...we claim to the professor. Generally s/he has received the issue and just forgotten to bring it to the library. In this case, s/he either notifies me they'll bring it later, or goes ahead and brings it on over. I don't believe I've ever had the experience of them not having received it without their (not our) contacting the publisher. Thanks. Debbie Harrell Ingram Library, State University of West Georgia phone: 770-836-6498 fax: 770-836-6626 (2)---------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:39:00 PDT From: "LaJudice, Rose" <rlajudic@HS1.BUFFALO.EDU> Subject: Re: Question re accepting gift issues of a serial Dear Maggie, I believe I did hear from one of the librarians I work with that it is a violation of the copyright law, but many libraries do accept donations and cx. their own subscription. I have found though working with donations to be very frustrating and would think very carefully about accepting his donation. My experience has been that most donors are negligent in forwarding their copies. Of course they need time to read the issue themselves but in some cases I have not recev'd. any issues past April of this year. Some I never recev. leaving gaps in our collection. I spend way too much time writing letters to remind people, opening and closing our serial/cataloging records. Also, I can not see how this is serving the library when so many issues are missing or late. The patrons end up asking for ab ILL . What if that person leaves the orginization? (sp?) or decides not to re-subscribe? I think you need to evaluate how expensive the journal is (in terms of saving money) and somehow make it clear to the donor how important it is to recv. all issues in a timely manner. A clear policy should be in place. Just my thoughts!!! Rose M. LaJudice rlajudic@hs1.buffalo.edu A.H. Aaron Health Sciences Library Buffalo, NY Maggie Rioux wrote: >We have a scientist who is a regular library user and who is >a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He WANTS to >give us his copies of the Proceedings (which he gets free). >We have a paid subscription which could be cancelled. Is >it legal for us to accept his issues as the library copy? >My director is of the opinion that we could take a gift of >back issues, but that it would be illegal (violation of >copyright law) to take issues from his current subscription. >I'm not aware of any text in the journal itself that says not >to give it to a library. I also think that the only >differential pricing NAS does is members (who are elected >as an honor) vs. everyone else. > Anybody got definite legal information? >Maggie Rioux > >********************************************************************* >* Maggie Rioux | Email: mrioux@mbl.edu * >* Information Systems Librarian | Voice: 508/289-2538 * >* MBL/WHOI Library | Fax: 508/457-2156 * >* Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. | Foot: Clark Lab, Room 135 * >* Woods Hole, MA 02543-1541 | Quissett Campus, WHOI * >*********************************************************************