ACQNET v5n028 (August 29, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acqnet-v5n028 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 5, No. 28, August 29, 1995 ======================================== (1) FROM: Peter Stevens SUBJECT: Joe Barker (31 lines) (2) FROM: Beth Jacoby/Joan Grant SUBJECT: ALA Program Report: Educating Collection Developers (99 lines) (3) FROM: Dina Giambi SUBJECT: ALA Program Report: ALCTS PARS Micropublishing Discussion Group (35 lines) (4) FROM: Glenda Payzant SUBJECT: Space requirements for Acquisitions Areas (16 lines) (5) FROM: Sharon Propas SUBJECT: Sample RFP's (16 lines) (6) FROM: Eric Childress SUBJECT: Source for Gilles Vigneault recording/video (19 lines) (1)----------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 11:10:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Stevens (Univ. of WA) Subject: Joe Barker Long time members of ACQNET will be sorry to lose Joe Barker from our membership and from the community of acquisitions librarians -- though we all wish him well in his return to teaching (he was a French professor for five years at SUNY-Binghamton in the early 70's). Joe Barker has been one of the nation's top acquisitions librarians for over a decade, leading a large and complex operation at Berkeley, writing prolifically for the library literature, serving actively on many professional committees and organizations, and contributing to ACQNET since its inception. His acquisitions career began in 1979 at Virginia Tech, after a number of years in circulation and reserves. He has always been generous with his counsel and in his willingness to assume leadership -- when the rest of us preferred to sit back and let Joe do most of the work. In many ways, Joe has been the "Dean" of acquisitions librarians in this country and our specialization will be the poorer without him. /\ ------------------------------------------------/ \/\ Peter H. Stevens /__ / \ Head, Acquisitions Division |/ \ /\ University of Washington Libraries, Box 2900 / / \ Seattle, WA 98195-2900 / /____\ stevens@u.washington.edu -------- | Tel: 206-543-1919 Fax: 206-685-8782 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ** The above endorsed by the ACQNET Editorial Board ** (2)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 12:57:48 -0400 From: Beth Jacoby (New York Univ.) Subject: ALA program report: Educating Collection Developers Report on an ALA Annual program, submitted by Joan Grant: Educating Collection Developers: In the Classroom or On-the-job? sponsored by the ALCTS Education for Collection Development Committee; co-sponsored by ALCTS Education Committee, ALCTS/AS Education Committee, ALCTS/SS Education Committee, RASD/CODES, and ALISE. Moderator Pat Bril, Associate University Librarian at the California State University at Fullerton, described the work of the committee and the purpose of the program. The committee participated in the development of an article (_LRTS_, October 1994) which reported on perceptions of practitioners and educators of education for collection development. This program, and one presented last year at ALISE, was designed to discuss differences of opinion in order to arrive at a consensus in the profession of appropriate expectations for education for collection development. Speakers John Budd and Peggy Johnson spoke on the issue of whether collection development can be/should be taught in library school. Budd, a faculty member at the University of Missouri at Columbia, stated that graduate schools can teach the mechanical aspects: where it comes from, how it is used, awareness of key issues, decision processes and how they are applied. They cannot provide the depth of content of a subject area and the experiential aspects that make us professionals. He urged that educators try to communicate more effectively with practitioners by being active in ALA and its committees and by making an effort to "open up" ALISE. He suggested that this can serve as a reality check to keep up to date on what is going on in practice. Johnson who is associate director of libraries at the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota, delineated a number of areas that she feels are well taught but stated that more emphasis is needed on resource sharing (access vs. ownership in the context of economic realities), non-print formats, practical skills (e.g., financial reports), skills in statistics, ethical considerations and communication skills. She concluded with the point that although certain skills can be taught, you have to practice in order to truly master them. It is folly to confuse the intellectual understanding of the business of selecting with actually doing selection work. Carol Pitts Hawks, Head of Acquisitions at Ohio State and adjunct instructor of collection development at Kent State, was the first of four panelists. She described the Kent State program which has a large number of commuter students, many of whom are working in libraries, as well as the course that she teaches. She uses the lesson on evaluation of selection tools to help improve communication skills by requiring each student to prepare a handout for the class and to make an oral presentation. Students have a practical selection exercise and hear from practitioners in class including an exchange between a serials librarian and a vendor. Students also spend one class in the OSU library reviewing approval shelves, etc. It is a challenge to deal with the wide range of students' interests and issues. Sheila Intner, professor at Simmons, spoke of the need for both good classroom instruction and good training on the job. She argued that the collection is the library's greatest capital asset and that administrators make an important investment in the people who select and build their collections. At Simmons collection development is an important part of the curriculum; her course will be taught four times next year. In her classes students learn how to make decisions when time, money and information are all at a premium - just like in the real world. She emphasized that they must write good goals and measurable objectives, draw conclusions from their data and take control of the process (not just describe it). Her syllabus was distributed to the attendees. Merle Jacob, Adult Materials Selection Specialist at the Chicago Public Library, expressed concern that while the collection is the basis of all services not enough time is spent teaching it. The new graduates that she sees do not know the concepts and foundations or the basic terms. She suggested that faculty are not familiar with public library operations and that the focus in graduate school is on large academic libraries to the exclusion of other types. Areas that need more emphasis include courses devoted to collection development and management, how to guard against bias in selection, issues of demand vs quality, how to use review sources and also make independent judgements, and how to do and use community and institutional profiles. Michael P. Olson, Librarian for Germanic Collections at Harvard's Widener Library, spoke very skeptically of the value of and even the need for library school education for collection development. He described the best selectors as critical thinkers, "information junkies" with a great deal of intellectual curiosity, traits which he believes are stifled in library school. He spoke strongly of the value of hands-on experience gained as an apprentice to a master selector as the best preparation for a collection development position. (3)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 12:25:46 -0400 From: Dina Giambi (Univ. of Delaware) Subject: ALCTS PARS Micropublishing Discussion Group Report Robert W. Matthews, Midwest Zone Manager, Canon USA and Stephen B. Olsen, Western Area Sales Manager, Minolta Corporation were panelists at the ALCTS, PARS Micropublishing Discussion Group meeting held at the 1995 ALA Annual Conference. The session was entitled "Micropublishing in the '90s - Part II: The Micrographic Equipment Vendor's Perspective." The panelists began by providing a brief overview of the history of micrographic equipment. They also described the types of products currently available and the new products which they expect to be developed in the near future including more hybrid equipment, more machines with digital capabilities, and the availability of a larger variety of accessories which would appeal to a wider market. The life expectancy of a reader/printer is typically five to seven years depending on the volume and type of use. Canon and Minolta expect to continue to provide support for reader/printers well into the 21st century. Both Matthews and Olsen foresee that equipment of varying levels of sophistication and complexity will continue to be maintained and developed as their three main markets-- libraries, commercial, and government agencies often have different needs and requirements. Questions were asked by attendees throughout the session. One question was also submitted prior to the meeting which dealt with the provision of support for reflected-light microforms such as micro-opaques and microprints. Olsen responded that such support is not likely to be provided by a major vendor, but rather from a smaller company willing to take that niche of the market. (4)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 11:49:47 -0400 From: Glenda J. Payzant (Greater Victoria PL) Subject: Space requirements for Acquisitions areas Our current Technical Services quarters may be moved and we want to make sure we allow for adequate space for our Shipping-Receiving and Book Finishing/Mending areas. Has anyone done space planning recently, and can give us some advice? Reply to me directly at: un331@freenet.victoria.bc.ca Glenda Payzant Greater Victoria Public Library Victoria BC Canada (5)-------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 12:07:54 +0000 From: Sharon Propas (Stanford Univ.) Subject: Sample RFP's Stanford University Libraries is now in the process of writing a Request for Information from vendors, as part of our reengineering effort. Would anyone have sample RFPs for out-sourcing and vendor selection that you would be willing to share with us? I would appreciate receiving either paper or e-mail copies of such proposals. My mail address is: Sharon Propas; Stanford University Libraries; Stanford, CA 94305. (6)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 17:45:06 -0400 From: Eric Childress (Elon College) Subject: Need source for Gilles Vigneault recording/video I've tried several avenues without luck to locate a recording of the song, "Gens du pays," by Gilles Vigneault for one of our faculty members. Evidently this is a song popular in Quebec. The faculty member is seeking a published sound recording (or better still a videorecording) of the song and is also interested in locating a copy of the lyrics. I identified a 1977 release of the tune on Gilles Vigneault's album, _A bobino_ (Montreal: Le Nordet), but our regular sources don't have it. If someone can direct me to published source for this and an appropriate vendor I'd be grateful. One lead I do have is a bookstore (or music store?) in Montreal called Archambeault. If anyone can provide a phone number, I'm willing to try them. 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