Hello everyone and Happy New Year!
I have a question about getting a copy of a book into library collections.
This question can be for any library type and I will consider any and all
comments.
*Context*:
The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center <http://sqcc.org/> (An organization in
Washington, DC that promotes education on The Sultanate of Oman and the
Indian Ocean. We are an educational arm of the Omani embassy) published a
collection of Dhofari
<https://www.worldcat.org/title/my-grandmothers-stories-folktales-from-dhofar/oclc/812739193>
folk tales in translation about 4 years ago and have given it to many
libraries across the United States. Some of these libraries added it to
their collections even if they did not update their holdings in Worldcat.
Some have done both.
It is a quality collection of folktales for which we do not charge. We give
it away.
We are pondering, for this Spring, printing it again and sending it out to
another round of libraries.
1. By poll, who do you think is the best contact at libraries to send the
book along with a letter-of-description in order to increase the odds of it
being added to the local collections?
I assume this varies by library type. I am wondering if the best contact is
the subject specialist/department in academic/public libraries or technical
services...or maybe acquisitions?
Thank you for any assistance as we get this together.
Cheers,
Jesse
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Jesse A Lambertson
Librarian
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center <http://www.sqcc.org/>
Ph: (202)-677-3967 Ext. 104
jlambertson_at_sqcc.org
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Received on Tue Jan 05 2016 - 15:06:28 EST