ACQNET v1n051 (March 27, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acq-v1n051 ACQNET, Vol 1, No. 51, March 27, 1991 ===================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (8 lines) (2) FROM: David James SUBJECT: Combined monograph/serial acquisitions departments (28 lines) (3) FROM: October Ivins SUBJECT: Combined monograph/serial acquisitions departments, recruiting (26 lines) (4) FROM: Kay Granskog SUBJECT: Macmillan, single source publishers (13 lines) (5) FROM: Karen Schmidt SUBJECT: Work in America Institute (17 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: March 27, 1991 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today JoAnne Deeken Serials Librarian James Madison University Library E-mail: FAC_JDEE@JMUVAX1.BITNET (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 91 09:00:23 EST From: David James Subject: Combined monograph/serial acquisitions departments With regard to the continuing discussion of inclusion/exclusion of serials in/ from acquisitions departments, the Acquisitions Department in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University includes both monographs and serials. The Department has four units: Monographs (whose Unit Head is also Assistant Department Head), Serials, Financial, and Preparations. Monographs and Serials are each responsible for ordering and receipt of materials in any format (i.e., paper, microform, CD/ROM, etc.). The Serials Unit includes two periodical reading rooms, one for humanities and social sciences and the other for science and technology. The Preparations Unit is responsible for stiffening paper- backs, application of spine labels, and a few other miscellaneous activities. Binding of books or journals is the responsibility of another department, although the Serials Unit is responsible for adding bound volume holdings to NOTIS (and, unfortunately, the Serials [card] Catalog). This organization became effective last October, a few weeks after I became Department Head. Previously, we had an Order Unit and a Receiving Unit, but these had evolved into Monographs and Serials for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was to provide a more varied and enriching array of job duties for the Bibliographic Assistants. The staff of the Department consists of 19, two of whom (Head and Assistant Head) are required to have library degrees. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 91 07:47:57 CST From: October Ivins Subject: Combined Serials/Acq Depts and Recruiting It seems to me that these topics are related. Although each library has a unique organization, I think that in the case of both Michigan and Stanford, combining the functions of serials and acquisitions under a single head was done when the head of acquisitions position was vacant; the functions were combined under the head of serials. In these cases, I don't believe the former "head of acquisitions" positions were filled at all, thus loosing an opportuni- ty to create a lower level position that could be used to give a new librarian experience in technical services management. I think this trend is one reason why recruiting for heads of acquisitions (and serials) is so difficult -- there are fewer assistant heads and unit/section heads to serve as recruitment pool. I was a paraprofessional for 11 years before going to library school; I know that paraprofessionals can, and do, handle many activities that were formerly reserved for librarians, but I don't think de-professionalizing tech services positions is the answer. Budgets are extremely tight, but I think large libraries have a responsibility to fund entry level jobs in technical services management. P.S. Please understand that I am not blaming Vicky Reich or Bob Houbeck for their situations; I believe the decisions not to fill their respective vacancies was made at the AD and director level. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wednesday, 27 March 1991 5:10pm ET From: "Kay Granskog" <20676KAG@MSU.BITNET> Subject: Macmillan, single source publishers Michigan State had a similar visit to the one Carol Hawks described from our Macmillan rep. I also expressed dislike for order direct policies. Our rep did not even mention their displeasure over "working very hard on campuses ...then the library would order them through vendors." Our rep only said that they felt they could deliver faster by eliminating the middleman, the vendor. Macmillan is serious about this. Before we "knew better," MSU ordered two of the titles our rep was advertising and placed the orders with a vendor. The vendor notified us that they would not be permitted to supply. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 27 March 1991 16:06:25 CST From: Karen Schmidt Subject: Work in America Institute This is in reference to the publications of the Work in America Institute. We have recently discovered that they have charged us $20.00 more per title than their advertised rate. In particular, we ordered _Employee Involvement and the Supervisor's Job_ and _Management Involvement for High Commitment_ at the advertised (rip-off) price of $95.00 and paid $115.00. We are now asking for credit. I thought other libraries might have been similarly overcharged. I should also note that these publications are *not* bargains, and $95.00 is a significant investment for what is received. The other title in the series is _The Manager as Trainer, Coach & Leader_ in case other libraries have ordered that. Tell me, is there the potential here to become a kind of grass-roots PVLRC? ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE *****