We have received such emails. We recommend our librarians only order items
for people that request using our university's email address. If they are
unsure, they are asked to confirm with the person first.
Thanks,
Brian
Brian C. Gray, MLIS
Team Leader, Research Services
Librarian: Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Email: brian.c.gray_at_case.edu
Kelvin Smith Library 201-K
Office hours in Nord Hall: http://researchguides.case.edu/profile/bcg8
Case Western Reserve University
Kelvin Smith Library
11055 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
Phone: (216) 368-8685
Fax: (216) 368-3669
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:47 AM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> Is anyone on the list receiving unsolicited e-mails from people
> unaffiliated with your library asking you to purchase specific titles and
> then contact the sender when the books arrive? We have been receiving
> these types of e-mails approximately two or three times per month for quite
> some time, and the e-mails are addressed to either the library director
> (not by name--just "Dear Library Director") or the reference librarian
> (again, generically, with "Dear Reference Librarian" in the salutation).
> Most of our e-mails come from someone named Bernice Williams.
>
> Some of our librarians have ordered books requested this way before,
> thinking that it was a local patron asking. However, I'm suspicious, and
> think that possibly the e-mails are sent in mass to multiple libraries in
> an attempt to sell more of a particular author's books.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ann Tenglund
> St. Bonaventure University Library
> 3261 West State Road
> St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
> ateng_at_sbu.edu
>
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