Giving it to the staff has already obviously become contentious. I think to avoid this, it might be best to make an outside donation of the entire lot. But in future, this is something to address in your collections policy - the process for disposing of items donated but not accessioned.
In addition to Goodwill/Freecycle/Craigslist with all of their attendant issues, I'll make one more recommedation: call your local community radio or college radio station. Most maintain a surprisingly large vinyl collection, and already have a process for taking in record donations and disposing of duplicates. What's more, most are nonprofits and this can represent an-kind donation, and probably be closer to honoring your donor's original purpose.
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Subject: Re: Vinyl Records...unwanted
It seems to me that we are forgetting ethics / conflicts of interest / =
publicity and so on in this thread.
1. Freecycle - discretely only - certainly with no link to the museum. =
What will people think? That you take what people donate to you and give =
it away to whomever you chose! - The perception that your first post to =
Freecycle must be an offer may apply to some Freecycle sites but not my =
local one.
2. Tell staff ahead of time so they can tell relatives so they can jump on =
the offer *- A resounding NO to this one. You don't tell friends, you =
don't tell family * that's like insider trading, not ethical. As a =
government employee, I cannot buy my agency's surplus items, I cannot tell =
friends or family when something is headed for surplus either.
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I was just about to suggest Freecycle, but you beat me to it, Gayle! The =
other advantage of Freecycle is that someone will pick them up, you do not =
have to take them somewhere. I agree with the previous post, all or =
nothing - no cherrypicking. Presumably, you could let your staff know how =
they would be disposed of, and if one of them (or perhaps one of their =
family members) was the first to respond, you would have freely offered =
them to everyone, so no favoritism.
Marc
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Vinyl Records...unwanted
Why not the Captain and Tenille? 35 years ago, their song "Stop, Cause I =
really love you," was my baby daughter's first word. All she could say was =
"Top." And Muskrat Love. How could you pass up Muskrat Love? They were a =
big deal at the time. http://captainandtennille.net/=20
Back to your question about disposing them, don't discount http://www.fre=
ecycle.org You could always Freecycle them. Since your first post has to =
be something you have to give away, that could match the need, and you =
could use the opportunity to ask for things the museum might need AND do =
some easy publicity by creating a link to what the museum offers. Maybe =
you could engage the neighbors in helping you, increase visitation, and =
make them feel like they're a part of the institution.
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Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:27:15 PM
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Vinyl Records...unwanted
Our institution recently received about 200 vinyl records that range in =
date from the 1930s-1980s. When we agreed to take the records from our =
collecting era (1930s-1940s) the donor gave us permission to dispose of =
anything that we didn't want. They signed a permission to dispose form =
that lists all the ways we can get rid of them (give to another institution=
, sell, throw away, etc.). Most of the records that we are not keeping for =
the collection are not in great shape and I don't think that they would =
sell well on ebay (at least not well enough to justify all the time and =
effort we would have to put into it).
So we would like to just throw them away...but here is our dilemma, word =
of these vintage records got out among the staff and people have been =
asking if they can have certain records (The Captain and Taneal anyone?) =
We do intend to toss them, but I don't want to just hand them out to =
employees that ask for them. I also hate to put this much stuff in the =
trash that someone may want and use. Should I throw them out and just let =
people dumpster dive? Any thoughts on an easy way to rid ourselves of them =
without getting caught in an ethical nightmare?
Anyone want 100 or so vinyl records from the 60s, 70s, and 80s (for your =
institution of course)?
Thanks for you thoughts,
Toni
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