RE: [ALCTS-acqnet] Questions about JSTOR print de-accessioning and faculty requests

Hi Laura,

We have allowed faculty to keep deaccessioned journals as well as print monographs before recycling or sending to Better World Books.  In our case, we make sure to completely obscure the call numbers with a black sharpie and stamp each book with Discarded by Dartmouth College Library.  This way, if the faculty or department leaves a book somewhere else, it will not make its way back into our stacks and cause confusion.  Materials are placed on a book truck in the hallway outside of our main entrance, with a note indicating the materials are free for the taking, and that any leftovers will be sent to Better World Books (in the case of monographs).

This has worked quite well for us. Good luck! Lisa

Lisa Ladd
Library Collections Specialist
Dartmouth College
Lisa.A.Ladd_at_dartmouth.edu<mailto:Lisa.A.Ladd_at_dartmouth.edu>


From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> On Behalf Of Laura Turner
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 11:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] Questions about JSTOR print de-accessioning and faculty requests

I should have clarified below - the departments/individual faculty members want to keep the de-accessioned journals in their departments/offices.

Thanks!

Laura Turner
Head of Collections, Access, and Discovery
Helen K. and James S. Copley Library / University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA  92110-2492
Phone:  (619) 260-2365 | lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu<mailto:lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu>


On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 8:43 AM Laura Turner <lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu<mailto:lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu>> wrote:
***Please excuse cross-posting***

Dear colleagues,

We recently acquired all of the JSTOR journal packages and are in the process of de-accessioning print overlap for titles that did not have perpetual access before this acquisition.  We've been doing JSTOR print overlap withdrawals for years and typically send this material for recycling.  With this new influx of overlap, we have faculty and even whole academic departments on campus requesting the print journals that would be recycled.  Alas, we did not have a very strong statement of our policy/procedures for de-accessioned journal materials.

Have you run into situations like this?  How did your library respond?  What kinds of benefits or challenges did you find with your response?

Many thanks,

Laura Turner
Head of Collections, Access, and Discovery
Helen K. and James S. Copley Library / University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA  92110-2492
Phone:  (619) 260-2365 | lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu<mailto:lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu>