Leisure Reading Collection - Amazon Wish List




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Leisure Reading Collection - Amazon Wish List

Amazon gift wishlist

Leisure Reading Collection

  • Amazon wish list     
    • kuhnlibrary@gmail.com 
    • Amazon wish list page http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/JPP6TEXQGUYV
    • Library webpage for wish list  http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/collmanagement/wishlist.php   
    • Books added to list from Washington Post book reviews
    • detailed instructions  will be added to Collection Management wiki
    • I:Librarywide/Leisure reading collection/complete list of all leisure reading books – must keep pages up to date
      • As books are purchased for Alfgren fund compare to Amazon list titles and remove from Amazon list if necessary
      • As wish list books are bought transfer them from the Amazon Wish list FY12 to the Amazon Wish list purchases spreadsheet.
      • As any books are purchased follow instructions below to update complete title list

For webpage:   PDF of complete title list

  • A complete list of leisure reading titles and authors is linked to a PDF of the list  
  • You need to update both the excel spreadsheet and the PDF of the spreadsheet whenever a purchase is made.
  • Update both
    • I:Librarywide/leisure reading collection/complete list of all leisure reading books (this is the complete record of what books are from which fund or wishlist)
    • I:librarywide/leisure reading collection/complete list of all leisure readling books/complete title list   (last tab on the right)  
      • ALSO SAVE as a PDF --    I:librarywide/leisure reading collection/complete list of all leisure readling books/complete title list     
      • Save the PDF to W:collmanagement/  ( it can copy over the last list.)
      • Refresh the webpage and the new list will be applied.


  • (Excel spreadsheet for those who don’t want to order through Amazon, but will provide a $50 check for purchase of 1 title (cost includes processing fees)  created but may not use )

Instructions still needed for: (and who does what)

  • Processing (Acq/Cat)
  • Weeding (Coll Man libn)
  • Selection (Coll Man Libn/ KS)



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