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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hello again, This seems to be my week for posting questions to the list... I was wondering about some of the acquisitions policies of those of you who are involved in consortiums. We have always observed loan policies for the other institutions in our consortium, but now we are being asked not to duplicate, or at least consider that, titles that the other colleges already own. Of course, I can see some advantage to this, but also see some more problematic issues emerging, such as the strength of our individual collection, the ability to use materials for reserve or long term research loans, and the serious loss of that serendipitous element of research that is so related to picking something off the shelf that just happens to be next to the item you found in the catalog. So, what do you think? Perhaps this subject is broad enough in appeal that you might just reply to the list. Thanks, Anne