I strongly second what Carol said. ARCs are for promotional and review purposes ONLY, and are not to be used in the place of fully edited and published copies! Britney Library Director Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library 302 E. Main St. Belding, MI 48809 616.794.1450 "You want weapons? We're in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room's the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself!" - The Doctor ---------- Original Message ----------- From: WAY Carol DeBoer <waycd@llcoop.org> To: "Membiela, Clare (MDE)" <MembielaC@michigan.gov>, Sharon Crotser-Toy <scrotsertoy@gmail.com>, "michlib-l@mcls.org" <michlib-l@mcls.org> Sent: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:01:10 -0400 Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] ARCs

Sorry if someone has already said this, but ARC are NOT supposed to go on library shelves. They have not yet been fully edited and CANNOT and MAY NOT be sited. Please do not place these on your shelves. The errors I have found in some that I have read are horrendous!

Carol DeBoer Circulation Supervisor Henika District Library 149 S. Main Wayland, MI 49348 269-792-2891 waycd@henikalibrary.org

---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Membiela, Clare (MDE)" <MembielaC@michigan.gov> To: Sharon Crotser-Toy <scrotsertoy@gmail.com>, "michlib-l@mcls.org" <michlib-l@mcls.org> Sent: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:59:21 +0000 Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] ARCs

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Hello:

I would closely read any copyright or disclaimers that appear on the books themselves [UTF-8?]– different publishers may have different requirements on how ARCs can be used.

I also located a couple of other sources that discuss ARCs.

Here is an interesting Blog entry on the topic: http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2009/09/01/but-can-i-catalog-it/

Here is how one library deals with them (that appears to be completely within the scope of an [UTF-8?]ARC’s purpose): http://blogs.stlukesct.org/slslibrary/2017/01/30/advanced-readers- copies-ready-in-the-library/

Thanks! Clare

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From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Sharon Crotser-Toy Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 10:57 AM To: michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] ARCs

Greetings, everyone!

Now that we're all back from ALA, many of us with large (back- breaking?) collections of Advanced Readers Copies, I'm curious how other libraries make use of those lovely freebies once they've been lugged back home.

I'm having a hard time convincing my staff that they don't belong on our shelves but I confess that the issue is a little cloudy for me, as well. Do any of you catalog your ARCs or loan them in some way? Also, I'm very interested in the types of ARC-related programming, etc., others have done.

Please respond to me off list and I will compile the results, if requested.

Thanks so much for your input!

-- Sharon Crotser-Toy Director Watervliet District Library 333 N. Main Street Watervliet, MI 49098 269-463-6382

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