My library would prefer an email offering gift books rather than actual
shipment. Before you waste money shipping, we can say "yes" or "no". We
discard probably more than 95% of the unannounced gifts. Looking in our
catalog does not give publishers idea if we would add because we do not
have it. We are part of a large and very cooperative consortia. We are not
going to add a copy if multiple copies are already available in the state
and they are typically not checked out.
Brian
On Jan 5, 2016 3:06 PM, "Jesse Lambertson" <jlambertson_at_sqcc.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> --
> Jesse A Lambertson
> Librarian
> Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center <http://www.sqcc.org/>
> Ph: (202)-677-3967 Ext. 104
> jlambertson_at_sqcc.org
> عالم الانجازات ينحاز دوماً مع المتفائلين
>
Received on Wed Jan 06 2016 - 09:43:44 EST