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[ginger_doe]

Hello, I have a question about desk copies for professors. There are some books that a professor requested and he got them as free copies. He then brought them back saying he wanted to keep them. As far as I know there is no procedure that has to be done for this. He can just keep the books, correct? I don’t have to return these copies and actually

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[caitri]

So I've never heard of doing it that way. At the institutions I've worked at, if a prof wanted a personal desk copy, s/he would request it from the publisher directly with no library involvement; if a library faculty member wanted a desk copy, it would be ordered and cataloged, and it would be the property of the uni not the individual.

I guess it depends on, did you order the books through the library acquisitions funds for him? If so it would still likely be a copy of the uni/libraries. If not, and it was something he ordered himself then I guess it would be his.

Hope that helps! Good luck!

[ginger_doe]

For us if a faculty member wants a book they give us the information and we send it to the publisher. We’re a very small school. I thought that the desk copies that they requested were free copies from the publisher so they wouldn’t be using the library funds. I just started here and am not sure how it was ordered. Hmm, I guess I’ll have to look into that and see if money was spent on it. If so, then we will catalog it as part of the library, if not it can just be his personal copy.

[irlandesak]

I used to work with desk and review copies as well. From what I could tell, most publishers will provide review copies for free. However, there were some publishers that would give you the book to review for a time period and if you didn't decide to adopt it, they'd expect you to either pay for it or return it. If I remember correctly, those usually came with an invoice right away