ACQNET v5n007 (February 23, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acqnet-v5n007 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 5, No. 7, February 23, 1995 ======================================== (1) FROM: Ann Hovde & Alex Bloss SUBJECT: Looking for Addresses (28 lines) (2) FROM: Beth Jacoby SUBJECT: LC records for Acquisitions (19 lines) (3) FROM: Carol Hawks SUBJECT: _LAPT_ Table of Contents: Question (33 lines) (4) FROM: JoAnne Deeken SUBJECT: ALA Meeting Summary (68 lines) (5) FROM: Jeri Van Goethem SUBJECT: Several Questions (25 lines) (6) FROM: Jim Vickery SUBJECT: Gordon & Breach (29 lines) (7) FROM: Rick Green SUBJECT: The Black Box, Inc.'s Web Site (26 lines) (1)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 14:39:00 -0500 From: Anne Hovde Subject: Foreign video I have been trying to locate a distributor for the French film _La Princesse de Cleves_ and haven't had any luck. Any suggestions? Anne Hovde +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 14:18:30 -0500 From: Alex Bloss (U. of Ill. at Chicago) Subject: Altenberger Books Does anybody have an address for Altenberger Books? This is possibly a supplier of foreign materials, and possibly concentrating in the Polish language. Any info would be appreciated. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Alex Bloss Acquisitions Librarian University of Illinois at Chicago University Library (M/C 234) Box 8198 Chicago, IL 60680 Phone: (312) 996-2706 Fax: (312) 413-0424 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (2)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 17:59:22 -0500 From: Beth Jacoby (New York U.) Subject: LC records for Acquisitions I'm responding to R.R. Neuswanger's query about whether acquisitions departments use unfinished LC records. If by unfinished you mean CIP, then definitely yes, we rely on them very heavily by either downloading them from a utility like RLIN, or by getting them from a book vendor for our approval books. We use whatever record we can find at point of ordering. The record does not get updated until the piece is actually cataloged. If by unfinished you mean something else, perhaps you could clarify. Beth Jacoby Head, Monographic Acquisitions New York University, Bobst Library (212) 998-2480 (3)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 08:31:13 -0500 From: Carol Hawks (Ohio State U.) Subject: _LAPT_ Contents I received a request several months ago to include the page numbers with the _Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory_ table of contents posted to this list and others. The request was made to facilitate document delivery of particular articles from the table of contents. The request raised a couple of issues in my mind. If this issue is of interest to you, please answer the question which follows and respond to me directly (not the list). I will summarize for the list. Question: The table of contents is currently posted several weeks before the actual issue becomes available. At that time, I do not have the page numbers to include. Is it more important to get the contents in advance of receipt of the journal (without page numbers) or would you prefer that the TOC be held a few weeks longer so that the page numbers can be included? ****************************************************************** Carol Pitts Hawks * Head, Acquisition Department * Vice Chair/Chair Elect, ALCTS Acquisitions Section * Editor, _Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory_ * The Ohio State University Libraries * 1858 Neil Avenue Mall * Columbus, OH 43210-1286 * Internet: hawks.1@osu.edu * Phone: 614-292-6314 * Fax: 614-292-2015 * ****************************************************************** (4)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 17:35:40 -0500 From: JoAnne Deeken (Clemson Univ.) Subject: ALA Meeting Summary: Acq Libn/Vendors of Lib Materials What follows is a summary of the Acquisitions Librarians/Vendors of Library Materials Discussion Group meeting held 2/5/95 at ALA Midwinter. Five speakers who, at various times in their careers had been both librarians and vendors spoke to an audience of about 120 persons. Speakers included: Kent Hendrickson, Arlene Seivers, Jane Maddox, Corrie Marsh, and Marilyn Geller. Quick highlights from each speaker follow. Please contact me at djoanne@clemson.edu if you would like more complete details. Hendrickson: Working with a vendor was the most exciting time in his career. Being involved with the Richard Abel company created some of the strongest ties and best friends he had experienced as a professional. When switching from a vendor to a librarian position, the management skills one learns as a vendor are discounted by the library community. Seivers: Some of the things a librarian brings to a vendor are practicality, common sense, and the interrogatory skills of a reference librarian. As a librarian one knows what is important to other librarians and why it is important to them. Librarians are usually altruistic and vendors are motivated by profit. Be aware of that as you deal with your vendors. Treat the relationship as a business relationship and consider your value as a customer. The vendor is going to find a way to remain in business. As a customer, you have the right to really ask for what you want. Don't spend your time worrying about the vendor's bottom line. The vendor is worrying about that. Maddox: Stated that she was a field rep for Richard Abel Co. and she did not know the company was in trouble. The reps had to interact with the customers, so the company purposely did not tell them of the difficulties. Four items define the different views of the vendor and the academic librarian. 1. The definition of the customer-For the library this is basically homogenous and defined. For the vendor it is as disparate as accounting offices, systems, and undefined users. 2. Users' Needs-For the vendors, this is really indeterminate. What one library wants, the next may complain of if it is provided. 3. Financing-The library may run a deficit, but it never goes out of business. If a vendor runs a consistent deficit, it can go out of business. 4. Job Security - this is much greater in a library. A vendor can change personnel without notice. Geller: An academic library supports customers by supporting the university goals and objectives. Academe moves slowly and methodically. It has a cumbersome meeting and committee structure. It also has the advantage of the larger organization and infrastructure. Return on investment is measured in terms of services provided. For a vendor, services & products are designed to recoup costs and make money. There is fast paced competition based on customer demand. There are no committees or meetings, but there is also no "free" infrastructure supporting the company. Marsh: There are balancing thrills of purchase and thrills of sales. Both are great to experience. She sees her career from librarian to systems vendor to product vendor as a logical progression of developing interconnections between people and products. Her advice to librarians who are considering switching careers is to realize the value of your experience. Most of us have been project managers in the library. To switch to project manager in a commercial field is easy if you recognize your experience. (5)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 16:12:13 -0500 (EST) From: Jeri Van Goethem (Duke Univ.) Subject: AV/Multi-media/CD-ROM vendors + WWW Access to Publishers + Ideas for ALA Discussion Group 1. If any library has knowledge of a good vendor to use for media: movies on video tape; multi-media CD-ROM; books on tape; and software diskettes, we would be grateful to receive references. This type of ordering is growing rapidly, and "direct" orders are much too labor intensive. (respond to: jvg@mail.lib.duke.edu). [Ed. Note: Jeri has past responses culled from ACQNET's archives.] 2. Is anyone making good use of WWW access to publishers or making other innovative uses of the Internet for library acquisitions and processing control? If so, would you be interested in leading a discussion at ALA for the Acquisitions/In-Process Control Discussion Group? Or: if you have other ideas which you would like to hear discussed or would like to discuss, please contact Jeri Van Goethem (jvg@mail.lib.duke.edu) or Lynne Branch Brown (lbrown@office.ybp.com) (6)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 10:29:54 -0500 From: Jim Vickery (British Library) Subject: Gordon & Breach The following message is being posted to several lists. Please excuse any duplication. ******************************* After a period in which many of the world's research libraries have faced the possibility of cancelling Gordon & Breach and Harwood Academic journals, the British Library has now secured an acceptable arrangement for renewing its 1995 subscriptions. Our two main concerns have been resolved: use of the material will be governed by English rather than Swiss law, and price increases are in line with expectations for international research journals. I am pleased that a satisfactory conclusion to the recent uncertainties has been reached, and that our readers will continue to benefit from Gordon & Breach publications during 1995. Jim Vickery Head of Acquisitions, The British Library email jim.vickery@london.british-library.uk tel +44 937 546071 fax +44 937 546979 (7)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 09:12:13 -0500 From: Rick Green (The Black Box, Inc.) Subject: The Black Box, Inc.'s Web Site For acquisitions librarians in search of multimedia products, The Black Box Inc. has a Web site at: http://www.theblackbox.com/~whatsup where we offer a rare opportunity to preview our CD-ROM products through sample music, text, and video. Comments and criticisms on our titles, or suggestions for future products are most welcome. Our pricing is designed to encourage wide appeal for our niche products and is non-discriminatory for institutions. Sincerely, Rick Green Editorial Director, Founder The Black Box Inc. 3208 Shell Tower "Man's got to know Times Square his limitations." Causeway Bay, Hong Kong -Dirty Harry Tel: (852) 2-506-6206 Fax: (852) 2-506-6222 ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 5, No. 7 ****** END OF FILE ******