Re: Library users purchasing your replacement copies? (3 more responses)

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From: "Thomson, Debra A." <DThomson_at_ric.edu> 
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:46:57 -0400 

We do the same, waiving the replacement fee, but we do charge a $10.00 processing fee. 


Debra Thomson 
Acquisitions and Gifts Manager 
Rhode Island College Library 
600 Mt. Pleasant Ave. 
Providence, RI 02908 
Phone 401-456-9651 * Fax 401-456-2715 * Email dthomson_at_ric.edu 
Reach. Inspire. Connect. www.ric.edu 


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From: Elizabeth R Lorbeer <lorbeer_at_uab.edu> 
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:13:09 +0000 


Hi Reeta, 

I have a soft heart for the student who loses a book. What I tell the student is that they can replace the edition they lost, but if that edition is not in print, a later edition is acceptable from a book seller. (I usually suggest Amazon, but it can be anyone). It doesn’t have to be new, but must be in “like new” or “very good” shape. If the book if out of print, and they can’t find it from a reseller, then I’ll research the historic list price and bill at that cost. I don’t charge a processing fee; I think it’s enough punishment to the student’s pocketbook to replace a library book these days. Plus, it seems silly to ask the student to pay a fee that makes no sense in today’s automated world. As for any fines they may have occurred “looking for the book”, the circulation librarian usually waives. 

As an audit trail, we mark the book as replacement and not as a gift. 


Liz Lorbeer 
Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences 
University of Alabama at Birmingham 
lorbeer_at_uab.edu 


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From: "Brueck, Lora T." <lbrueck_at_WPI.EDU> 
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:50:05 -0400 

I allow it with specific specifications – That the book be new and if possible the same format (hardcover/paperback) as the one being replaced. I have final say on whether the replacement is acceptable. We charge the overdue fee and a processing fee. The processing fee is handled by the circulation dept. and does not go into the bib record and the order record for the original, if there is one, is not changed. It is considered a replacement, not a gift. 


Lora Brueck 
Assistant Director for Collections Management 
George C. Gordon Library 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
100 Institute Road 
Worcester, MA 01609 
508 831-6039 
lbrueck_at_wpi.edu 





---Original Message--- 

Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:47 PM 
Subject: [ACQNET-L] Library users purchasing your replacement copies? 

Hi, 

I was curious to know if (acacemic) libraries allow users to purchase replacement copies for lost or damaged books. 

In my experience, purchases for the library collection are generally only permitted by those who are authorized to make purchases library materials. Allowing library users to buy books seems to authorize all library users to purchase library materials. Or, is it that the original copy purchased is key in such cases, which probably was purchased by the library? 

If you do accept replacement copies purchased by users, what kind of audit trail do you create in your system? Is it a 'gift?' Or, if you charge a processing fee, do you enter just that amount in the order record/bib record as a note? 


Thanks, 
Reeta 

-- 
Reeta Sinha 
Coordinator, Resource Development & Services 
Wilson Library, University of La Verne 
La Verne, CA 91750 
rsinha_at_laverne.edu 






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