Access and Replacement

We found some older brittle books that can not be replaced at a reasonable cost. We also fear that these older materials will likely be brittle at all libraries that hold them. Can we replace nineteenth-century and other older editions with modern reprints? Is it...

We’ve found moldy/water damaged/unrecoverable holdings with retention commitments.

If there are a handful of books a month that we can't buy a replacement for should we handle it ourselves by trying to identify another EAST library that owns the title and transferring the retention commitment to them?

When replacing a missing or damaged copy of a book, do I need to notify EAST of the changed barcode and/or bib record number? Are there directions for how to mark a replacement copy?

  Is there an expectation that we automatically replace our missing retained items? What is the process for reporting missing items?

Are there limitations regarding placing EAST retained items on reserve?