ewilkie@mindspring.com wrote:
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> Effective immediately, all for-profit commercial activity on Exlibris has got to cease. No catalogue announcements, no list updates, no announcements of web sites, no auction announcements, no books for sale, etc. This new policy does not cover the activities of 501(c)3 entities or other not-for-profits, such as government agencies.
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> I'm sorry to have to make this policy change, but I have little to no choice in the matter.
May we know why?
The mix of bibliographical, bookselling, conservation and book
collecting activity is the principal reason why I subscribe to Exlibris.
Requests for information by commercial parties have to be construed as
part of their commercial activity. But
without them, there seems no reason for the continued existence of
Exlibris. It is precisely the cross-disciplinary mix of participants
that makes Exlibris unique and valuable.
Hal Cain
Joint Theological Library
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
<hal.cain@ormond.unimelb.edu.au>