Yes, we receive separate requests from the BL for a single copy and from
the Copyright Agent for multiple copies on behalf of the other copyright
libraries.
The number requested by Mr Smail, the Agent for the Copyright Libraries,
varies and I am awaiting a call from him to clarify how this figure is
arrived at and whether the copies requested are always added to stock and
if not why they are not returned to the publisher.
Bill
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On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Matthew Dovey wrote:
> (Before I begin, I should point out that I am not employed by the
> Bodleian Library, nor do I express their opinions etc. just my own -
> i.e. the usual disclaimer)
>
> As I understand the copyright deposit requirements as regards the
> Bodleian Library in Oxford, whilst a publisher is legally required to
> supply a copy of any book if the Bodley should demand it, the publisher
> is not required to automatically send a book (nor necessarily even
> inform the Bodley that it has been published). This (I believe) applies
> to all copyright libraries with the exception of the British Library
> where publishers do have an obligation to send copies of all published
> books, and the BL has an obligation to keep all books. This leaves room
> for the other copyright libraries to control their stock by controlling
> which books they request.
>
> But although I work in Oxford, I'm an outside observer to this so my
> have got my facts wrong (and their are probably subtle nuances...)
>
> Matthew
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Forster [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 06 April 1998 10:29
> > To: John Sumsion
> > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Local History societies and the National Bibliography
> >
> >
> > It is scandalous if the copyright libraries are ditching
> > publications they
> > are legallty entitled to demand from publishers. They should
> > be under an
> > obligation to return unwanted items. Some publications go out
> > of print but
> > may not warrant a reprint!
> >
> > Perhaps we should include a return address slip with a polite
> > request that
> > it is used for the return of unwanted items?
> >
> > Bill
> >
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> > Bill Forster, University of Hertfordshire Press, LRC, College
> > Lane, HATFIELD,
> > Hertfordshire AL10 9AD, UK. Web catalogue:
> > http:/www.herts.ac.uk/UHPress
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> >
> > On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, John Sumsion wrote:
> >
> > > It is misleading for Margaret Blackburn to suggest that
> > small societies
> > > "lose the revenue on 6 copies". They will not sell any
> > extra copies if the
> > > legal deposit prequirement is removed. What they may avoid
> > is the marginal
> > > cost of printing an extra six copies and the cost of
> > posting them to the
> > > deposit libraries or their agencies. This will usually be
> > a much smaller
> > > amount than the 'revenue' on six copies.
> > >
> > > I am concerned about another aspect of legal deposit. In
> > my time at LISU
> > > and at PLR - small publishers equivalent to local societies - we
> > > religiously complied with the law and despatched six copies
> > of our research
> > > reports. On checking the catalogues of the deposit
> > libraries the typical
> > > result is to find only one or two of them holding the
> > copies deposited: in
> > > some cases none at all. What has happened to the copies
> > deposited and why
> > > are they not available for interested researchers and for posterity?
> > > Admittedly library statistics is a small 'niche' interest:
> > but who is to
> > > say what future researchers may need to illuminate the
> > literary and library
> > > history of the 1980s and 1990s?
> > >
> > > John Sumsion - Senior Fellow in Department of Information
> > and Library
> > > Studies, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics.
> > LE11 3TU [UK]
> > > Tel +44 (0)1509 223060 or 223052 Fax +44 (0)1509 223053
> > >
> > > Home address: The Granary, 29 Main Street, Rotherby, Melton
> > Mowbray, Leics.
> > > LE14 2LP. Tel: +44 (0)1664 434485; Fax [& study tel] +44
> > (0)1664 434918
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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