Occasionally, Sno-Isle purchases used copies of titles to fill hold queues or requests. The decision to purchase used copies is based on the popularity of the material, the cost of the used item, the quantity of used copies available, the reliability of the dealer, and most importantly whether the item meets the selection criteria for Sno-Isle libraries.
The novels of Dick Francis are a good example of why Sno-Isle purchases used materials. Dick Francis remains a popular author yet many of his titles are no longer available for purchase in hardcover. When Acquisitions purchases used copies of a title, they are visually inspected before being added to the collection. Since these titles are used, the condition isn’t typical of the quality that patrons expect of Sno-Isle library materials. To distinguish these titles Materials Processing will soon begin adding a label inside the dust jacket of the book.
Contact Jim McCluskey if you have questions about these labels.
3 responses so far ↓
Kathy Smargiassi // May 6, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Excellent! This is a very good way of meeting a need our library has that the publishers aren’t meeting. And the label is a good way to communicate with any weeders going through the collection, as well as the general public.
Jim McCluskey // May 6, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Good point! And thanks for commenting!
Jeanne Crisp // May 16, 2008 at 8:11 am
I’d like to thank Tracy LeRoy for coming up with this great idea.
I read lots of books in long series. For me the condition of the book doesn’t matter, as long as I can figure out what happened between book 11 and book 13.
Perhaps we could also convey to Friends’ groups that labels like these correspond to books that we’d like to add to the collection if better copies come along, perhaps through donations to their local book sales?
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