[Genealib] Local Author: definition needed

[Larry Oathout]

I think in that case they must fit the collection....I don't buy older books 
unless they fit an area my patrons desire.  If he was a local author when he 
wrote them....different story.  The fact they are available at the college 
is enough, in this case.
 
Larry Oathout
Director
Tell City-Perry County Library
Tell City, IN 47586
812-547-2661
(Fax) 547-3038
www.tcpclibrary.org


-----Original Message-----
From: "Mara Munroe" <Munroe at oshkoshpubliclibrary.org>
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:02:15 -0600
Subject: [Genealib] Local Author: definition needed


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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