Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 17:18:13 +0000
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I've gotten a couple and after verifying that the person wasn't affiliated with UNO (University of New Orleans), I deleted them. I still had one from a Bernice Williams from three weeks ago on July 13 that I hadn't deleted, so you are welcome to confirm that we are getting these emails too. Lora The above email is from Lora Amsberryaugier, Associate Dean of Earl K. Long Library at The University of New Orleans. I had forwarded the listserv email to several people in the library and received her response so wanted to post just to show how broad this sender's request is going. [UNO Logo] Norma Mukherjee Assistant to the Dean/Coordinator of Library Administrative Services Earl K. Long Library University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA 70148 504-280-6197 504-280-7277 fax From: ACQNET-L [mailto:acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 10:47 AM To: acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org 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> _______________________________________________ ACQNET-L mailing list ACQNET-L_at_lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/acqnet-l
