We had someone spam our book request form and I think I remember it was a Bernice Williams (I think someone else mentioned getting an email from this name in another reply to this question).
Caitlin Cooper
Coordinator of Collection Development/Management & Acquisitions
Delgado Community College Library
ccoope_at_dcc.edu<mailto:ccoope_at_dcc.edu>
504-671-5327
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Subject: [ACQNET-L] E-mails suggesting purchases?
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<mailto:ateng_at_sbu.edu>
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