[LIBRARYDIR] gift subscription ethics

[Vivienne Mcclendon]

Hi Stacy,

My inclination would be to explain the copyright implications of such a gift. For the short term, the faculty member might consider having selected articles available via reserves. This would give you a chance to talk about the curricular implications - ie. what's the purpose for the instruction/students? If there's a real connection and ongoing need, the title obviously needs to be considered for inclusion within a database or other electronic subscription where it is fully available 24/7, of course.


You might explain that the trend is to make things available online for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is indexing for discovery? Many faculty just haven't thought through the long term implications of a) access, b) cataloging, c) storage, d) copyright infringement, etc... Maybe you can give him/her a brief tour of what you have in paper and explain the implications for library workflow and student access? Your use statistics of paper subscriptions might be revealing as well.

Hope this gives you a few angles for discussion,

Vivienne

Dr. Vivienne McClendon
Dean, Library Media Center
Bellevue College  |  425-564-3056<tel:425-564-3056>  | vivienne.mcclendon at bellevuecollege.edu<http://vivienne.mcclendon@bellevuecollege.edu>


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All-
We have had faculty and/or staff offer to furnish the library with a “gift” subscription to a journal in their field.  They want them to be catalogued and available for students to check out.  My ethical concern is that the “individual” cost is being paid for, not the “institutional” rate.  Is this an ethics violation?  If any of you have experience with this or have had any rulings on it, I’d love to know how you handle it.  And, of course, we all know that there are costs involved with these “gifts”!  :)
Stacy

Stacy L. Prest
Director of Library Services
Walla Walla Community College
500 Tausick Way
Walla Walla, WA 99362
509.527.4294


ACRL “Excellence in Academic Libraries” Award Recipient 2013
       WWCC Library: Connecting Students to Information

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