Back Issues & Exchange Services

Here is a list of back issues and exchange services that have been mentioned on SERIALST, or through other networked sources, as being freely-offered through the Internet. This listing has evolved to give those who are interested several options for pursuing the discussion and/or trade of serials. It is comprised of two sections: (1) Services For Posting Lists for the Exchange of Back Issues & Other Materials, and (2) Discussion Lists and Other Sources for Information about Back Issues, Exchanges, Gifts, etc. (processing & processes).

Canada

• Canadian Book Exchange Centre (CBEC) / Centre canadien d'échange du livre (CCEL) - A resource-sharing service provided by Library and Archives Canada, CBEC is a redistribution centre, a clearing house that arranges for the exchange of publications deemed surplus by one library but needed by another. However, as of March 6, 2008, the Canadian Book Exchange Centre announced that it will no longer accept publications from the private sector or from government and international organizations for redistribution among libraries. In effect, the Centre will shut its doors permanently on June 30, 2008. See announcement in english or en français

United States

• ASEE/ELD Duplicates Exchange - from the American Society for Engineering Education/Engineering Libraries Division.

• N.B.: Links to BACKSERV and BACKMED have been relocated to services listed with those offered in Europe.

• Donation Programs for Books, Journals, and Media - listing of resources from the Health Sciences Library at the University of Buffalo.

• ALA/ALCTS Duplicates Exchange Union (DEU) - Operating under the auspices of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association, the Duplicates Exchange Union (DEU) is an association of libraries who cooperate in the exchange of usable library material. Although composed primarily of small college and public libraries, the DEU aims to serve all libraries in finding a place for their duplicate or unwanted materials. DEU is a free service open to all libraries.

• MINITEX Serials Exchange - this program, which is based at the University of Minnesota, is dedicated to providing libraries in the MINITEX region with a venue for finding new homes for withdrawn serials and reference collections on a cost-recovery basis. For more information about the MINITEX Serials Exchange, visit their web page.  (Serials Exchange program was discontinued as of October 2008, though web page is still operational).

• National Library of Medicine (NLM) Journal Donation Program - to ensure that its holdings of journals, indexes, and other serials are as complete as possible, NLM instituted this program so that DOCLINE libraries can donate print volumes that they no longer wish to retain. For more information see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/journaldonation/.

• ALIAdupstm - a list devoted the exchange of journal duplicate and back issues between Australian libraries in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine. Both available and desired issues may be posted to the list.
  (The list address is: aliadupstm@alianet.alia.org.au. To subscribe, visit the web site: http://lists.alia.org.au/mailman/listinfo/aliaDUPSTM/
  For general information about ALIAdupstm and other electronic mailing lists from ALIA, see ALIA E-lists (listing of public e-lists).

• BACKSERV - archives and list devoted exclusively to the informal exchange of serial back issues and books among libraries.
  The list address is: backserv@nalist1.swets.com.
  You may subscribe from the web page: http://www.lists.us.swets.com/mailman/listinfo/backserv
  The archives are available at: http://www.lists.us.swets.com/mailman/private/backserv/ (current archives available only to list members)

• BACKMED - archives and list devoted exclusively to the informal exchange of medical and health-related serial back issues and books among libraries.
  The list address is: backmed@nalist1.swets.com.
  You may subscribe from the web page: http://www.lists.us.swets.com/mailman/listinfo/backmed
  The archives are available at: http://www.lists.us.swets.com/mailman/private/backmed/ (current archives available only to list members)

• EUROBACK - archives and list devoted to the informal exchange of serials back issues and books among European libraries / archives et liste réservées exclusivement à l'échange volontaire de fascicules de périodiques et de livres entre bibliothèques européennes.
  (The list address is: euroback@lists.ulg.ac.be. To subscribe, visit the web site: http://www.lists.ulg.ac.be/mailman/listinfo/euroback

• LIS-MEDJOURNAL-DUPLICATES - a list for duplicate Medical/Health sciences journal exchanges to facilitate journal exchange primarily between U.K. medical libraries (although it is open to overseas subscribers also), by allowing periodicals librarians to post lists of journal duplicates and wants. Sign on, manage subscriptions, send posts, search the archives from a central web page address: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/lis-medjournal-duplicates.html

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• ACQNET - a discussion forum devoted to library acquisitions, collection development, and related subjects. This list focuses on discussion of acquisitions processes -- not actual trading or exchanges of materials.
  (The list address is: acqnet-l@lists.ibiblio.org ; subscribe from the web site http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/acqnet-l)

• SERIALST - a discussion list devoted to all aspects of serials processing in libraries. Discussion of processes for back issues, exchanges, etc. is welcome though, as a rule, SERIALST is not a forum for posting lists for the trade or exchange of duplicate, wanted or unwanted serials.
  (The list address is: serialst@list.uvm.edu ; to subscribe, send an e-mail message to: listserv@list.uvm.edu that reads: subscribe serialst YourFirstName YourLastName)

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