Dear Mr. Credi:

I am writing in regard to your gift to the White Plains Public Library of a subscription to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. As I told you, the library's policy (copy enclosed) is that the decision to add or not to add gifts to the library's collection is at the discretion of the library staff.

The library's periodicals committee has examined this magazine and discussed it and evaluated it in relation to our collection and needs, and the consensus was not to add this title. We already have a subscription to Middle East Policy (formerly American Arab Affairs), which is indexed in standard magazine indexes and therefore of long term use.

We appreciate your interest in our library and your generosity in making such a gift, but perhaps you could have the balance of our subscription transferred to another library.

Sincerely,

Nancy T. Young
Adult Reader/Information Services
 
 

Library's Policy concerning Gifts of Books and Other Materials

Gifts of books, films, pamphlets, periodicals, sound recordings, and such are accepted with the understanding that their disposition is at the discretion of the Library. Acceptance of such gifts in way guarantees their inclusion in the Library's collection.

Evaluation and disposition of gift materials is the responsibility of Library staff authorized by the Library Director.

Gift materials are evaluated according [to] the Library's materials selection policies. Gifts selected for use in the Library's collection will be displayed, circulated, and otherwise made available for use at the discretion of the Library. No guarantee is made that any gift selected for use in the Library's collection will be a permanent part of the Library's collection.

Receipts given by the Library to donors are limited to acknowledgment of the quantity and format of materials receive. Assignment of value for income tax or other purposes is the responsibility of the donor. The Library does not appraise materials for donors, nor endorse appraisals provided by donors.

The Library reserves the right to accept or discard unsolicited materials sent to the Library.

Adopted by Library Board of Trustees, 1/16/90.