From: Jim Niessen <niessen_at_rci.rutgers.edu>
Hello All,
What do you do with photocopied books received as gifts? On the plus side,
this may be hard-to-get material copied by the donor because it fit into
the subject scope that caused you to accept this collection. But there are
at least 3 complicating factors:
1. Does the book's copyright status permit you to add it to the
collection? For foreign imprints, can you ascertain the copyright status?
2. Is the photocopy gathered or bound so that it can be integrated into the
collection and preserved without further treatment?
3. Does the quality of the photocopying make it a complete and adequate
copy of the original?
These factors give me pause, and I bet there are others, too. What do you
do with these things?
Thanks,
Jim
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James P. Niessen E-mail: niessen_at_rci.rutgers.edu
World History Librarian Phone: 732-932-7129 x136
Alexander Library - Rutgers University Fax: 732-932-1101
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1169
Received on Tue Nov 18 2003 - 11:54:36 EST