[Publib] A Different Idea for Selling Withdrawn Library Books

[Hardy, Elaine]

I googled librarybooksales.org and found
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/exlibris/2002/10/msg
00198.html. According to this post,  "This site has been developed under
the auspices of the Californian State Library System to allow libraries
to sell their better books on-line (donations, duplicates, deaccessions,
surplus, etc.)."  There is a contact name on the post as well.

 

 

Elaine

 

 

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J. Elaine Hardy

Library Services Manager - Collections & Reference

Georgia Public Library Service,

A Unit of the University System of Georgia

1800 Century Place, Suite 150

Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304

404.235-7128

404.235-7201, fax

 

ehardy at georgialibraries.org <mailto:ehardy at georgialibraries.org> 

www.georgialibraries.org <http://www.georgialibraries.org> 

 

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of K.G. Schneider
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 12:04 PM
To: 'Pub-Lib (Posts) '
Subject: RE: [Publib] A Different Idea for Selling Withdrawn Library
Books

 

One of the first questions I have about any ecommerce site is "who is
behind it," but when I go to the About Page (linked from the left of the
main page at www.librarybooksales.org <http://www.librarybooksales.org/>
) there is reference to "we" without clarifying who "we" are (people
involved, size of database, number of members, company history, etc.). 

 

The site also states, "Buyers will find a state-of-the-art shopping cart
for their purchases (since most libraries are not set up for credit
cards, only checks, cash or money orders are accepted at this time)."
How can an e-commerce operation based on "checks, cash, or money orders"
be considered "state of the art" and "easy to use"? 

 

Karen G. Schneider

kgs at freerangelibrarian.com 

 

 

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robin K. Blum
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:22 AM
To: Pub-Lib (Posts) 
Subject: [Publib] A Different Idea for Selling Withdrawn Library Books

 

Neither E-Bay nor Amazon need be an automatic solution to selling
withdrawn library books.  For your better quality books (not loaned
hundreds of times...) there's a very good organization that has the
library's best interests in mind (instead of the corporate bottom line).
Such a one is

http://www.librarybooksales.org/.  The site is easy to use and has a
large listing of public libraries that already have successfully sold
books with them.  Here's a snip from their website, which will give you
an idea of their mission: 

 

"The project is open to any library. Public, private, institutional,
special collections, educational, foreign or domestic. The goal is for
libraries to generate much needed funds to continue serving the "better
good". The project is not open to commercial book sellers.

These libraries can now sell their better books on the web. These may be
books that have been donated to the library, duplicate copies,
monographs or surplus materials. We try to discourage the sale of
ex-libris books, since most serious book buyers don't want to own books
that look like they were permanently borrowed from their local library.
The project is a "win-win". Libraries raise much-needed funds and book
buyers get great books at great prices."

 

Robin K. Blum

www.inmybook.com <http://www.inmybook.com/>  

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