Stacey,
Yeah, we get 'em too. If the books are not total trash, I run them past the appropriate subject selector. Occasionally we'll add them. Case in point is a recent shipment of lovely books on various aspects of Japanese culture. Kept those. But most of the time they go to a rack we have in our cafe for giveaways. My personal favorite remains the beautiful, unsolicited multi-volume set of books on the genius of the multi-talented L. Ron Hubbard. To the rack!
Cheers!
--Forrest
Forrest E. Link
Acquisitions Librarian
World Languages & Cultures Librarian
R. Barbara Gitenstein Library
PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
609-771-2412
linkf_at_tcnj.edu mailto:linkf_at_tcnj.edu
> On June 29, 2018 at 3 :56 PM Stacey Marien <acqnet_at_lists.ala.org> wrote:
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> I have just cleaned out my bookcase and now have a cart full of books that were sent to the library/Acq department unsolicited. What do you all do with books like this? Somehow I feel guilty putting them into the recycle bin
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> Stacey
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> Stacey Marien
> Acquisitions Librarian
> American University
> 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW
> Library Technical Services
> Spring Valley – Room 148
> Washington, DC 20016
> smarien_at_american.edu mailto:smarien_at_american.edu
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