From: Cendrella Habre <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:36:29 +0000


I am also interested in this question.



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CH, MLS, EMBA

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From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 07:04:48 -0700

Libraries struggle with donations:  retired faculty, alumni friends,
people of a certain age looking to downsize would love to give us
their books, carefully selected and cared for over decades.  Several
problems arise:  the books themselves are often very largely
duplicates of material we already have; or deal with areas where we
don't have an interest in collecting; and every volume accepted comes
with a cost in staff time for handling and cataloging and in housing
costs over time.  So libraries are often now more resistant and have
to be very sensitive to the disappointment we create.

I have an idea that I have seen somewhere efforts at providing
guidance for those who would donate academic books usefully -- at
broad, at home, bookdealers, etc.  Can any of our learned readers
provide pointers to such guidance?  I ask because I wonder if we
couldn't provide particularly academics useful practical guidance
through such information disseminated by e.g. a professional society
to its members.  This can't be a unique or unheard-of problem.

With thanks for all pointers,
Jim O'Donnell
Arizona State University