From: Paul Metz <pmetz_at_vt.edu>
I'd be interested in knowing what other large academic libraries
underwrite your patrons' acquisition of dissertations. So far we
subsidize document delivery through ingenta and the acquisition of
engineering standards by individuals, but we have drawn the line at
dissertations on the grounds that this is something we never did, nor
would have, acquired whereas the categories we subsidize could be
something patrons might reasonably expect us to acquire.
If people from large academic libraries would let me know which of
these categories you subsidize
-- ingenta or other document delivery (I am assuming you
already do ILL free)
-- standards
-- dissertations
-- other (specify)
for the acquisition by individuals, I'll be glad to summarize to the
list. Any ground rules (dissertations become property of collection,
no more than x dissertations or $Y/year etc.) would be of interest
too. Thanks. -Paul Metz, Virginia Tech. Please reply to pmetz_at_vt.edu
Paul Metz, Director of Collection Management
University Libraries / Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001 / Blacksburg, VA / 24062-9001
Ph: (540) 231-5663 FAX: (540) 231-3694 email: pmetz_at_vt.edu
Received on Wed Mar 08 2006 - 10:38:44 EST