[ILL-L] books with cds

[Nora Allred]

I totally agree with Richard.  If the CD is in the bib record, it is 
part of the *publication*.  To me, taking out the CD would be like 
removing a map insert. 

As a technological university, many of the things we order have 
accompanying CDs.  Our patrons are *not* happy when the "CD portion" 
does not arrive with the "print portion" of the requested item.

If we lend a book with a CD and only the book comes back, we charge for 
the entire publication.  It has been difficult for us to purchase the 
CDs only.  (Also, it has resulted in very little cost savings - CD 
usually costs as much as entire publication.)

I would urge any library that removes CDs and other parts of the 
publication to please send a conditional or refuse to lend the entire 
item.  Trying to track down the CD creates delay and extra work for the 
borrower.

My two cents...

Nora

Richard Samford wrote:
> Forbes, Carrie wrote:
>> Patricia,
>> I just wanted to quickly comment on this... I don't sent out CD's with
>> books unless it's specifically stated in the request. We've lost too
>> many CD's that accompany textbooks to make this a standard practice. I
>> will send them if they are requested, but as a rule, we don't loan them.
>>
>> Are we in the minority??
>>   
>    Oooohhhh, I hope so!
>
>    I'm the borrower for our institution, and believe me, I get an 
> EARFUL when a patron request a book that does not come in with the 
> CD.  They saw the WorldCat record and (...by golly) "it's supposed to 
> have a CD with it".
>    _I_ look at the WorldCat record and it's supposed to have a CD with 
> it.
>
>    At their request, I call the lender, only to find out that they 
> don't circulate their CD's.  No conditional up front - if so, I would 
> have said no and had it go on to the next library.  The patron has 
> already waited for two weeks and you know that problems only happen to 
> patrons that take it well.   :|   Now I have to tell them to submit 
> another request because the lender still won't send the CD?  Yipes!
>
>    I hate to put "please say NO if you can't loan with CD" in the 
> Borrowing Notes, because _it is part of the publication_, and that's 
> usually _why_ the patron picks that title over several others.  If the 
> book came from the publisher w/o the CD, your acquisitions librarian 
> would promptly pick up the phone and let them know they didn't get 
> everything they asked for!
>    PLEASE send CD's with the books!!
>
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Nora Allred
Head, Access Services
J. Robert Van Pelt Library
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
phone: 906-487-3208
email: nsallred at mtu.edu