Collection Management Services
| Location: | Lower Level, Rooms L10-L16 Becker Medical Library |
| Telephone: | Book Acquisitions: 314.362.4226 |
| Cataloging: 314.362.0997 | |
| Binding: 314.747.0044 | |
| Serials: 314.362.2790 | |
| Fax: | 314.454.6606 |
| E-mail: | schaffem@wustl.edu |
| Hours: | Mon-Fri: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
Collection Management Services selects, acquires, organizes, and provides bibliographic access to the Bernard Becker Medical Library’s print and audiovisual collections and remote electronic information resources in support of education, research, and patient care at Washington University School of Medicine. The department encompasses the traditional technical services units of the library: acquisitions, cataloging, serials maintenance, and binding/preservation. In addition to the task of physically processing library materials, the department maintains the library’s online catalog and assists in the further improvement of the catalog and other e-resource discovery systems.
- New Books List – Titles recently added to the Becker collections
- Suggesting Books or Journals for the Library to Purchase
- Donating Books and Serials to the Library
- Donating Books and Journals to Other Countries
- Financial Donations for Materials
- Back Issue Dealers (Sells and Buys Journal volumes)
- Out of Print, Used, Antiquarian, and Rare Book Dealers
- Personalized Bookplates
- Binding Personal Journals and Reprints
Staff List:
| Name | Phone | E-mail Address | Title |
| Schaffer, Marysue | 362-0997 | schaffem@wustl.edu | Assoc. Director, Collection Management |
| Gunn, Pat | 362-6802 | gunnp@wustl.edu | Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian |
| Vani, Anna | 362-3481 | vania@wustl.edu | Catalog Librarian |
| Walter, Ed | 362-2797 | ewalter@wustl.edu | Acquisitions & Catalog Librarian |
| Hamilton, Bob | 362-7080 | hamilton@wustl.edu | Library Associate |
| Gilliam, Anise | 747-0042 | gilliama@wustl.edu | Serials Assistant |
| Hoffmann, Sandy | 362-2790 | hoffmans@wustl.edu | Serials Assistant |
| McKinney, Brian | 747-0044 | mckinneyb@wustl.edu | Binding and Preservation Assistant |
Suggestions Books or Journals for Purchase
The Library welcomes recommendations for additions to its collection. A member of the Collection Management staff will evaluate your request.
The criteria for purchasing items is based on:
- the subject scope of the recommended item
- budgetary considerations
- the topic's demand
- potential users
- electronic license terms
- availability (whether or not the item is in print)
Required and suggested textbooks and monographs for student class work are purchased for course reserves upon receipt of requests from faculty.
Duplicate copies of monographs are purchased only if the title is very heavily used and funds are available. Second copies of journals are not purchased.
Missing/lost/damaged books are not automatically replaced, even when the library is reimbursed for these items. The decision to replace an item is based on use, subject matter and relevance to the needs of faculty and students, date, cost, and availability.
To suggest materials for purchase, use the Web-based Suggestion Form or contact the following individuals directly:
Type of Material: |
Contact: |
| Books (print & electronic) Multimedia |
Ed Walter ewalter@wustl.edu 314-362-2797 |
| Journals (print & electronic) Databases |
Patricia Gunn gunnp@wustl.edu 314-362-6802 |
Financial Donations for Materials
Financial contributions for the purchase of materials to add to the collection are welcome. If you would like to contribute to non-specific purchases for the collection, contact Development Programs at 314-362-8278.
If you would like to purchase a book, rare book, or other library material for a specific purpose or in honor or in memory of a particular individual, please contact Paul Schoening at 314-362-3119 or e-mail paul.schoening@wustl.edu.
Back Issue Dealers
These dealers buy and sell back issues and volumes of biomedical journals.
Company and Address |
Contact Information |
| Archival Resource Co. PO Box 1175, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 |
800-390-1027 Fax: 610-395-5347 backsets@aol.com |
| Absolute Back Order Service, Inc. PO Box 336 Foxborough, MA 02035-0336 |
508-543-1950 Fax: 508-543-2878 jaeger@absolute-inc.com http://www.absolute-inc.com |
| Jerry Alper, Inc. 271 Main St. PO Box 218 Eastchester, NY 10707 |
914-793-2100 Fax: 914-793-7811 jalper@alperbooks.com |
| Periodicals Service Company 11 Main Street Germantown, NY 12526 |
http://www.periodicals.com/index.html |
| Schmidt Periodicals GmbH & Periodical Service Co. 11 Main Street Germantown, NY 12526 (Main Office - Germany) |
518-537-4700 Fax: 518-537-5899 psc@periodicals.com http://www.periodicals.com/ |
| G. H. Arrow Co. 2066 W. Hunting Park Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19140 |
800-775-2776 or (215) 227-3211 Fax: 215-221-0631 http://www.gharrow.com |
Out of Print, Used, Antiquarian, and Rare Book Dealers
Company and Address |
Contact Information |
| B. & L. Rootenberg Rare Books PO Box 5049 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 |
818-788-7765 Fax: 818-788-8839 |
| Christopher C. Webb 3308 Woodridge Place Lynchburg, VA 24503 |
|
| Jeremy Norman 720 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94102-2502 |
415-781-6402 Fax: 415-781-5507 |
| Argosy Book Store 116 E. 59th Street New York, NY 10022 |
212-753-4455 |
| Edwin Glaser Rare Books PO Box 1765 Sausalito, CA 94966 |
415-332-1194 Fax: 415-332-5024 |
| Rittenhouse Book Store 1706 Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
215-545-6072 Fax: 215-735-5633 |
| W. Bruce Fry Antiquarian Medical Books 1607 N. Wood Ave. Marshfield, WI 54449 |
|
| A Collector’s Bookshop 6275 Delmar University City, MO 63130 |
314-721-6127 or 800-928-6080 Fax: 314-721-5315 acollectorsbookshop@worldnet.att.net |
Personalized Bookplates
Upon request, bookplates with your name or as a memorial to another person will be placed in gift materials to identify individual donors or memorial gifts. In the case of substantial numbers of rare books or of endowed funds, personal bookplates may be designed specifically for the donor.
Binding Personal Journals and Reprints
University Bindery does binding for the Becker Medical Library and is happy to bind journals and reprints and do book repairs for individuals and medical school departments. Their address is:
University Bindery
7917 Watson Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63119
(314) 918-7017
Fax: (314) 918-7133
University Bindery has a shipping facility and warehouse in St. Louis and will often arrange to pick up materials to be bound.
The Bernard Becker Medical Library does not have the staff or budget to undertake the binding of personal journal or reprints.
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