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The other thing to remember is that sometimes the op prices are high and then they go down.-have had that happen-years ago all our Nicholas Nixon photo books seemed to walk away—in a non-circ library!!..when I checked replacement costs I about dropped--$750 for one item. We did not order—and eventually the books did come back, but also, I noticed, the prices went way down-- In any case, trying to catch all the things in an art library that go out of print, or needed to be sent to some more secure place, would be a full time job in itself. Make a wish list from one of the dealers you use, keep an eye on the prices, and see if they come down. Very fluid situation… Anne From: Julian Woodruff <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Julian Woodruff <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:55 AM To: ARLIS <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Identifying Expensive, Out-of-print Books Thanks! A good q for posting answers to the list! Julian D. Woodruff Librarian Gerald Hansen Library CROCKER ART MUSEUM 216 O Street Sacramento, CA 95814 direct 916.808.8856 fax 916.808.7372 [log in to unmask] From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heather Gillanders Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:55 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: [ARLIS-L] Identifying Expensive, Out-of-print Books Dear ARLIS/NA Colleagues: I am doing some research for our head of collections here at University of Washington Bothell on how to go about identifying books within our collection that are now out-of-print and, for that reason, have increased in value. I can imagine that this is quite an issue with art monographs in particular, so I'm wondering if you or your institution might have a process in place to identify these books. We had an incident here recently where a student returned a book that was significantly damaged and not salvageable, and when we looked at the current price it was something like $600, as it was no longer in print (but our standard fee for damaged books is significantly less). We’d like to avoid this in the future and instead send books such as these to our Special Collections unit in Seattle, but we’re not sure how best to go about identifying these books in our collection. Any ideas or advice would be most welcome! All the best, Heather Gillanders, MFA, MLIS Research & Instruction Librarian UW Libraries, Bothell Campus Library Serving UW Bothell and Cascadia Community College <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~