CDL-Gifts Policies

From: Lynn Sipe <lsipe_at_usc.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:43:59 -0700
To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu
From:
"Geller, Marilyn" <mgeller_at_lesley.edu>

Does anyone have a Gift Policy that just says NO?

We're finding that we get more and more calls from people who generously 
want to give us their libraries, and these gifts have less and less 
value for us as we move to e-books and try to clear space for people 
instead of stacks.  We're considering posting a No Gifts policy with the 
unspoken caveat that a politically connected gift could always be made 
an exception, but I'm wondering if there might be unforeseen consequences.

Can anyone share a written policy and/or experiences, pro or con?

Marilyn Geller

Collection Management Librarian

Lesley University Library

29 Everett Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

Email: mgeller_at_lesley.edu

Phone: 617.349.8859

Profile: http://research.lesley.edu/profile/mgeller

Research:http://ir.flo.org/lesley/viewResearcherPage.action?researcherId=2
Received on Wed Apr 11 2012 - 03:01:18 EDT