Hello,
The Professional Center Library at the WFU School of Law also receives
emails like this from time to time: from someone outside the Wake Forest
University community, most recently a flurry of them from Bernice Williams.
The first email that I got from Ms. Williams, I forwarded to the main
library here at Wake Forest. I did this because while we do get requests
like this from people outside of the Law School, the books requested were
completely out of the scope of a collection for a Law Library. When the
second one came to my email address, worded exactly as the first one, I was
a little suspicious and took a few minutes to investigate different
sources--especially the University directory-- to make certain that she
wasn't someone affiliated with WFU in some capacity such as student,
faculty, donor, or Alumni (she wasn't). Therefore, I felt certain that
this was something that I could delete with confidence.
Sorry to hear others have been "afflicted" with this problem, but rest
assured--you aren't the only one who's receiving them.
G
Gina L. Jarrett
Acquisitions Coordinator
Professional Center Library
Wake Forest University
jarretgl_at_wfu.edu
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:46 PM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> I also received e-mail from Bernice Williams requesting us to for
> purchase 3 titles (which turned out to be self-published). The e-mail asked
> me to contact her when they arrived. Upon further investigation, I saw she
> wasn't even registered in our system. As Suzy Orman says, "Denied!"
>
>
>
> Rachael Sherwood
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> Acquisitions & Collection Development Manager
>
> New Haven Free Public Library
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> New Haven, Connecticut
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> *From:* ACQNET-L [acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of
> acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org [acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org]
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> *Subject:* Re: [ACQNET-L] E-mails suggesting purchases?
>
> 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).
>
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>
>
> Caitlin Cooper
>
> Coordinator of Collection Development/Management & Acquisitions
>
> Delgado Community College Library
>
> ccoope_at_dcc.edu
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> 504-671-5327
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> *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
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