[Note: Colldv-l has seen this topic before and I going to close responses
to this thread with these two. Thanks. ja]
Original posting then the responses:
From: Martha Starck <starckm_at_milwaukee.tec.wi.us>
The following e-mail came in through the "Ask a Librarian" e-mail reference
feature on our library's web page. Has anyone else seen this sort of thing
before? I'm wondering if this is a legitiamte request for a book or "spam"
advertising. It seems I've seen this sort of thing discussed on one of the
library listervs before. I tried searching variations of the name in the
e-mail address through the "Find People" function on our college's web page
and couldn't find anyone by that name connected with our college.
Question:
Aquisitions Department:
The following book on applied magnetism is now available from Academic
Press in their series on Electromagnetism. This book presents the basic
science of magnetism and applications. It would be a valuable addition to
our collection.
Title: Permanent Magnet and Electromechanical Devices: Materials Analysis and
Applications Author: Dr. Edward P. Furlani
Publisher: Academic Press, ISBN: 0122699513 (see the following web sites
for details)
[snip]
--
Martha Starck
Library E-MAIL: starckm_at_milwaukee.tec.wi.us
Milwaukee Area Technical College Phone: (414) 297-6424
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 Fax: (414) 297-6798
===#1
From: "Adam Rosenkranz" <adam.rosenkranz_at_libraries.claremont.edu>
We get things like this all the time. I'm not sure there's anyway
of preventing it.
---Adam Rosenkranz/Claremont
===#2
From: "Helen Anderson" <HAnderson_at_rcl.lib.rochester.edu>
Yes, this seems to happen in waves here. I would assume it's spam
advertising. Fortunately, I think it's time consuming for those who do
it so it hasn't become too widespread, at least not in my experience. I
just treat such requests like any other kind of blurb and forward them
to the appropriate selector.
Helen Anderson
Head, Collection Development
River Campus Libraries
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
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Received on Mon Dec 17 2001 - 11:57:49 EST