The Exchange Programme
...details of the program
What are Exchanges?
An exchange of publications is equivalent to a barter agreement whereby one institution agrees to send a number of titles to a second, which sends its titles in return. Each side pays for the publications it sends and bears its own postal and packing costs. Some countries try to impose customs duty on exchange parcels, although charges should usually not be imposed because the contents are not for sale; there may be a cultural agreement between governments which states that exchange materials are free. If customs duty is imposed it is paid for by the recipient, not the sender.
The material exchanged is usually limited to journals, for which it is easy to set up a file of addresses and easy to administer.
BackWhy Have Exchanges?
Exchanges obviate the need to pay for agents, bank charges, money orders or currency conversions, so they are a fairly economical method of acquiring publications and are normally administered by librarians who are usually also linguists. Some publications are only available on exchange because the issuing institution, usually a smaller one or a society, does not wish to handle money orders or invoices. Exchange contacts are also a useful source of information for publication dates, authors, publishers and much more.
BackMaterial Sought
We seek to acquire chiefly taxonomic papers in the natural sciences i.e. botany (including medical botany and fungi in relation to lichens only), entomology (including medical entomology and biological control of insects), ornithology, zoology (including parasites), physical anthropology, palaeontology, geology, mineralogy, biology, biogeography, conservation, ecology, ethology/animal behaviour, certain types of maps and art in natural history. Original descriptions of new taxa are particularly welcome, but our collections policy is fairly broad. We welcome exchanges of publications with bona fide research institutions. We accept material in all languages. Please make sure that all parcels are pest-free!
BackMaterial Offered
Our exchanges are chiefly based on sending one or both of our two series: Systematics and Biodiversity (containing papers on the life sciences) and Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (containing papers on palaeontology.) Both S & B and JSP are published in one volume with 4 parts per annum and both titles commenced in 2003 with volume 1(1) 2003. S & B consists of around 510 pages per annum; JSP consists of around 320 pages per annum. The new titles replaced our earlier 4 titles Bulletin of the Natural History Museum : Botany, Entomology, Geology and Zoology Series which until 1993 were entitled Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History.) Exchange copies are automatically despatched.
Please write to or e-mail the Exchange Librarian for all exchange claims and exchange correspondence.
In addition, click here to download the Palaeontology Department's free newsletter Set in Stone.
BackParticipating Countries
We are pleased to have received publications over the years from the following countries and localities:
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Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burkina Faso(Upper Volta) Burma (Myanmar) Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Canada Chad (Tchad) Chile P.R.China Christmas Island Colombia Democratic Rep. of Congo (Zaire) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Dubai(United Arab Emirates) Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Estonia Falkland Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana(Guyane Francaise) |
French Polynesia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Hawaii Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland (Eire) Israel Italy Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Liberia Lithuania Luxemburg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherland Antilles New Caledonia New Hebrides New Zealand Nicaragua |
Nigeria Norway Sultunate of Oman (Muscat & Oman) Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia (USSR) Rwanda El Salvador Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Sudan Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan ROC Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom (GB) United States of America (USA) Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe |
The NHM thanks you all for your kind cooperation.
BackAddress all exchange monographs and all publications from Russia, Central Asia and Central and Eastern Europe specifically to the Exchange Librarian, Acquisitions Section LIS, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. We need to transliterate or translate the titles.
Address all claims, questionnaires, queries, correspondence and comments about this page to the Exchange Librarian, Acquisitions Section LIS, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Address all other exchange material to Acquisitions Section LIS, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Address all donated publications which are not from any exchange to Acquisitions Section LIS, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Address all claims for Nature First to Membership, Communications & Development, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Data Protection Act UK
We keep details of exchange and donor addresses and personal contact names on our computerised Exchange Database and in our old card file which can only be accessed by NHM librarians for professional library purposes (ordering books, claims and general library correspondence.)
Please e-mail Z.Frenkiel@nhm.ac.uk if you do NOT wish your name to be held on the Exchange database. You may retain the Exchange Librarian's personal contact name and details in your library records solely for professional library purposes.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
By 1st January 2004 the Natural History Museum will have removed all stocks of the banned chemical dichlorvos from its site and consequently pest control within the Museum will be practised by quarantining, freezing, anoxia and other methods. Please assist us to keep pests out by checking any damp material for Lepisma (silverfish) and Liposcelis (book lice) before you send it to us! If in doubt, seal it well in a plastic bag and put a note on it.
Avoid starch-based packing bubbles as these can become infested. We appreciate the care that you already take when you send us your printed material.
IPM : Prevention is better than cure.
Note: Most of our publications are new and are sent to you from warehouses off site.