ACQNET: Staff Accounts With Book Vendors

From: Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:11:25 -0400 To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu

Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:36:43 -0400
From: Gretchen Gabbert (Las Vegas - Clark County Library District)
<gabbertg_at_LVCCLD.ORG>
Subject:  Staff Accounts with Book Vendors

We have recently been asked to stop ordering books for staff through our

primary book vendor.  We have been told that doing so makes us a
"reseller"
of books.  Our vendor is "not supposed to sell directly to individuals
and
if they are selling through our library that puts the library in the
position of being
a reseller."

Has anyone else experienced this dilemma, or heard of such an issue?

I have worked in libraries since 1969 and every library I have worked in

has been able to buy books for staff without any difficulty.  This
library
has provided such a service with at least two different vendors over the

past 20 years and it has never been a problem.

Please respond directly to:  gabbertg_at_lvccld.org

Thank you.

Gretchen W. Gabbert
Head of Acquisitions
Las Vegas - Clark County Library District
833 Las Vegas Boulevard North
Las Vegas, NV  89128
V: 702-507-3556
F: 702-507-3558
gabbertg_at_lvccld.org
www.lvccld.org

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