In our library, the decision to accept the gift would be up to the subject specialist for the particular subject of the book. There is a list of them on the libraries’ webpage and I refer any phone calls or e-mail notifications to that specific subject specialist.
Jeanne
Jeanne Harrell | Associate Professor
Interim Director of Collection Development Operations & Acquisitions Services
Texas A&M University Libraries
5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-5000
979 862-1895 (Office) | 979 255-5647 (Cell)
jeanneh_at_tamu.edu<mailto:jeanneh_at_tamu.edu>
From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org [mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Lambertson
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 2:01 PM
To: melanet-l_at_googlegroups.com
Subject: [ALCTS-acqnet] Sending a Book to Libraries
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<tel:%28202%29-677-3967%20Ext.%20104>
jlambertson_at_sqcc.org<mailto:jlambertson_at_sqcc.org>
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