[ILL-L] Does anyone know of a Serials Discard listserv?

[Joe Ellison]

You might want to try the United States Book Exchange USBE), 
<http://www.usbe.com/about.html>. I believe this is the replacement 
service that EBSCO uses. They're a 501(c)3 nonprofit. You can join 
with a free membership and purchase single issues for $20. They do 
list The Economist as one of the titles they stock. It would 
certainly be worth checking to see if they have any that old.

Joe Ellison

  At 02:22 PM 7/11/2008, you wrote:

>I have someone looking for a whole copy of the Economist (March 28, 
>1987) that they want to purchase.  I've already tried the usual 
>suspect of GH Arrow, but the March 1987 bound copy they have is 
>missing the March 28th issue.  I'm wondering if there's a listserv 
>out there for libraries that are looking to discard old serials?
>
>I know that companies like B-Logistics & BetterWorld help libraries 
>get rid of serials, but I was told by them at SLA that they just 
>discard the serials, not sell them.  Unfortunately.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Robyn
>LUP
>
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