1st Edition
Gifts and Exchanges Problems, Frustrations, . . . and Triumphs
Edited By Catherine Denning
Copyright 1999
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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This important book explores the many questions challenging librarians who work with gifts and exchanges (G&E) as part of their daily responsibilities. Too often, because of shrinking library budgets, library gifts are considered burdensome and unprofitable drains on both financial and personnel resources. However, Gifts and Exchanges: Problems, Frustrations, . . . and Triumphs gives you solutions... Read more
Contents
Introduction (Catherine Denning)
- Unpacking a Donor’s Library: A Gifts Librarian’s Nod to Walter Benjamin (James Burgett)
- Reducing Gift Anxiety Through Carefully Worded Gift Policies (Howard C. Bybee)
- Gifts in Policy and Practice (Rebecca Drummond, Pauline V. Hollman, Mary H. Monroe, and Joan M. Stephens)
- A Survey of Gifts and Exchanges Activities in 85 Non-ARL Libraries (Thomas W. Leonhardt)
- Automating Gifts and Exchanges: A Review of Current Trends (Steve Johnson)
- Exchanges in Academic and Special Libraries: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography (Steven B. Carrico)
- Procedural and Programmatic Responses to Budget Cuts in Berkeley’s Exchange Program (Frank Carothers)
- Change and Exchange: The Publications Exchange Programme of the British Library for Development Studies (Maureen Mahoney)
- The Exchange Programs at the University of Minnesota: A Three-Way Partnership (JoAnn DeVries and Deborah Burke)
- The Gifts and Exchanges Program at Eastern Michigan University (Joseph Badics and Rosina Tammany)
- Library Book Sales and Auctions, or You Can Get More Than a Dollar for That! (Vincent Golden)
- The Book Nook: An Alternative for Library Gifts (Virginia Scheschy)
- Endowed Book Funds: The Book-A-Year Fund at Rollins College (Donna Cohen)
- Successful Soliciting: Building a World War II Art Collection (Peter Harrington)
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Katz, Linda S
