[Genealib] Local Author: definition needed

[Mara Munroe]

Friends,

 

We were recently approached by a man who wanted us to buy copies of his
publications for our Local History Collection.  Catch is, he wrote them
before he retired here.  They were scholarly items, not suitable for our
circulating collection and quite expensive.  Some are available at the
local university library.  So we declined and he was miffed.  Do you
have a set number of years of local residency in your definition of
Local Author?  Any other advice?  Thanks.

 

Mara

Mara B. Munroe
Local and Family History Librarian
Oshkosh Public Library
Oshkosh WI 54901-4985

"History is where the evidence leads us; heritage is what we choose to
remember and celebrate."  Edward T. Linenthal, May 2005

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