[Publib] library materials being sold by Amazon

[Cathy Ahern]

Hi, I am writing on behalf of a concerned patron.  He has purchased 
three music CDs via Amazon within the past 6 months or so that have 
all been marked as being either discarded from a library or had some 
type of library designation on them.  As they were all fairly new 
recordings(although fairly obscure artists) in excellent condition he 
is wondering if anything unscrupulous is going on here.  One library 
did reply that indeed the item had been discarded and had been for 
sale at the library book store.

Apparently Amazon does note in it's description of books for sale if 
the material came from a library collection, the patron says that 
sometimes this happens with CDs but not usually. He is wondering if 
there is a concern in the library world about this.  As we often put 
discarded materials of all types out during our Friends of the 
Library booksales I am not quite sure what can be done about 
this.  The sales do raise money for the library, if the purchaser 
then turns around and sells the material that is out of our 
hands.  Obviously stolen materials are another matter.

Thanks, just musing on behalf of this concerned library user.

Cathy Ahern
Russell Library
Middletown, CT