Dear Abby,
Things have been very crazy lately at N-YHS, due to the imminent
construction in the reading room. Also, I was out sick all last week. So, am
just now getting to your message.
I'm assuming that you've gotten all the feedback you need or want, but
please let me know if you do want me to take a look
Sincerely,
Nina Nazionale
Head of Library Public Service
The New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street
New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-3400 x272
nn10@nyu.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abby Tallmer" <atallmer@yahoo.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: Subject: Soliciting Responses to Article on Ownership
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I am submitting a posting about a controversial and
> time-sensitive matter. In the April issue of AE
> Monthly we published an article about the ownership of
> book descriptions. This article, "Book Descriptions:
> The Key to Reselling," is by Bruce McKinney and to
> summarize it briefly, it deals with the issue of who
> owns a book description once the book that it
> describes has been sold and whether collectors have
> the right, with attribution, to re-use these book
> descriptions when they in turn decide to sell their
> collections. Mr. McKinney suggests that collectors
> do, or should, have that right so long as they credit
> the initial dealer or author of said description.
>
> We have received a variety of vehement responses to
> this article that run the spectrum from overwhelmingly
> positive to overwhelmingly the opposite. We at AE
> Monthly are soliciting responses from Special
> Collections Librarians & Curators, book dealers, &
> book collectors about this issue. We would prefer an
> on the record response, although we are also
> interested in off the record commentaries. Naturally,
> we'd love to hear any views you might have, no matter
> what their nature, on the subject.
>
> To access the article, go to
> http://www.americanaexchange.com/aemonthly/exhibition_detail.asp?eid=51
>
>
> We look forward to reading any remarks you might have
> about this article, no matter what "side" they take.
> Please email me OFFLIST at your earliest convenience
> or send a Letter to the Editor at
> http://mailtoeditor@americanaexchange.com, as we are
> attempting to "take a pulse" on this topic prior to
> our next issue of AE Monthly, which appears on May
> 1st. My contact information is listed below.
> Finally, please feel free to pass this announcement on
> to anyone you know to whom you feel it may be of
> interest.
>
> Sincerely,
> Abby Tallmer
> Managing Editor,
> AE Monthly
> Email: atallmer@americanaexchange.com
> AE Website: www.americanaexchange.com - click on
> rightmost upper toolbar for AE Monthly icon
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