<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">The libraries I am associated with also deal with self-published books on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes you will find some real gems!<br><div><span></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, October 24, 2013 4:14 PM, Kathleen Monroe <kmonroe@livonia.lib.mi.us> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">We look at these on a case by case basis. If they are worthy and/or have local significance, that means that we are more likely to add
them. The previous statement applies to donated items. We don't usually BUY self-published items. We pretty much use the same selection criteria as we would for something that we purchase, but we tend to be a little less critical if the book has true local siginificance. Hope this helps.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Kathleen Monroe, City Librarian <br clear="none">Livonia Public Library<br clear="none"><br clear="none">----- Original Message -----<br clear="none">From: "Isabella Rowan" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:irowan@ci.dearborn.mi.us" href="mailto:irowan@ci.dearborn.mi.us">irowan@ci.dearborn.mi.us</a>><br clear="none">To: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org" href="mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org">michlib-l@mail.mcls.org</a><br clear="none">Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:55:33 PM<br clear="none">Subject: [Michlib-l] Self published books<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br
clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Do you have a policy (or not) about purchasing self-published books for your collections? If you do select self-published books, what are your selection criteria? If you do not select self-published books, why not? <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thank you, <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Isabella Rowan <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Librarian I <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Dearborn Public Library <br clear="none"><br clear="none">16301 Michigan Avenue <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Dearborn, MI 48126 <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Office: 313-943-2816 <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:irowan@ci.dearborn.mi.us" href="mailto:irowan@ci.dearborn.mi.us">irowan@ci.dearborn.mi.us</a> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <br
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