Document delivery from the library catalogue

[Anna Belle Leiserson]

In re. OPAC links to Amazon.com, I think it admirable to find new
ways to use the medium and raise money for a library. However, I
wonder about the ethics involved.  I do not have a clear answer, by
the way.  Instead, I think it would be a good idea to pause and
consider this aspect.

One of the "Principles & Standards of Acquisitions Practice" is:
"grants all competing vendors equal consideration insofar as the
established policies of his or her library permit, and regards each
transaction on its own merits."  Of course, this is for the library
purchasing, but it struck me as related in an area where we aren't
likely to have many guidelines.

Anna Belle Leiserson                 
Collection Development Librarian
Vanderbilt Law Library
leiserson at library.vanderbilt.edu
AcqWeb Editor:                                  
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.html

> Date:          Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:19:58 -0700
> From:          stover at ix.netcom.com (Mark Stover)
> Subject:       Re: Document delivery from the library catalogue
> To:            Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
> Reply-to:      stover at ix.netcom.com

> To build on Tony Barry's interesting ideas about Web-enabled online library
> catalogs, I wanted to share our experience in adding value to the Web-based
> catalog.
> 
> We developed links from each book's ISBN number in our library catalog to
> the Amazon bookstore.  Since we are members of Amazon's Associates program,
> each time someone travels through our catalog to Amazon and purchases an
> Amazon book, we get a small kickback (up to 15% of the book's price).  It
> doesn't happen very often, but it's cool when it does happen.
> 
> Check it out at http://www.pgi.edu/libcat.htm
> 
> 
> Mark Stover
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> Phillips Graduate Institute, 5445 Balboa Blvd., Encino, CA 91316
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