ACQNET v1n136 (December 12, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acq-v1n136 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 1, No. 136, December 12, 1991 ========================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (8 lines) (2) FROM: Sandra Sadow SUBJECT: ACQNET's silent members, The Challenge (14 lines) (3) FROM: Michael Gorman SUBJECT: ACQNET at one year, The Challenge, Library education (23 lines) (4) FROM: Ann O'Neill SUBJECT: The Challenge (24 lines) (5) FROM: Charles Getchell SUBJECT: Contemporary Music International Information Service (10 lines) (6) FROM: Carol Hawks SUBJECT: _LAPT_ contents: Vol. 15:4 (1991) (72 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 12, 1991 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Joseph A. Gabriel Head of Technical Services Harvard Univ. Graduate School of Education Library E-mail: GABRIEJO@HUGSE2.HARVARD.EDU (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 09:19:54 -0500 From: Sandra Sadow Subject: ACQNET's silent members, The Challenge Thank you for posing your question and for commenting on those who read but do not contribute. On this latter point, many of the topics discussed are interesting but not in the realm of our knowlege (e.g. French approval plans). Secondly when I see a variety of opinions expressed, I find it sufficient. One more voice saying the same thing is boring and redundant. Just think what would happen if each and every one of your subscribers commented on every subject that comes up. As to your question, the one thing I would change in academic law librarianship which may be applicable elsewhere in the profession would be to increase the opportunities to teach courses in a number of different settings. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 8:42:43 PST From: Michael Gorman Subject: Birthday greetings, The Challenge, Library education Many congratulations on ACQNET's first of many (I trust) birthdays. I have just returned from a trip to Australia and found, amidst all the discussions about the future of libraries and librarianship, the looming menace/bright promise of electronic publications, and the nature of professionalism in libraries, that ACQNET kept coming up as a topic. This is partly due to its different nature (a shining example of the invisible college made visible) and partly due to its mixture of practicality and shared rumination. As to your challenge, it seems to me the most obvious thing about librarianship that needs to be changed is library education. I hope I am not alone in finding the forum just published in _American Libraries_ shallow, platitudi- nous, and defensive. We need to go back to the roots of our profession; to rid ourselves of the incubus of "information science" (a non-science--vide Lloyd Hauser--devoted to a topic that none of its adherents can define); to create and implement a core curriculum; to delineate and define the difference between library education (the province of the library schools) and library training (the province of libraries); and, most importantly, create an alliance between educators and practitioners to replace the present ever-growing gulf between them. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 12:57 From: Ann O'Neill Subject: The Challenge Christian, In reply to your question about what I would change about the profession, here are a few thoughts, coming from a doctoral student at the end of a long semester and trying to deal with issues about educating future professionals. I agree with you and Joe Barker. We should be moderate risk takers. To advance, we have to take risks and stop all of our navel gazing. Secondly, and this comes out of my work for my dissertation, I would like to see us stop worrying that we're not a "science." We are a profession, and a fine one at that. We have much more in common with the other professions such as nursing, social work, education than we do with chemistry or sociology. If we join ranks with other professions, maybe we could all help each other over the problems of image, low self esteem, etc., etc. And I would like us to quit worrying about what we call ourselves. Library Science, Information Science, Access Services, etc. Figuring out what we do and how can we do it better ought to be our goals. I'm anxious to hear what other folks have to say. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 16:35:21 est From: Charles Getchell Subject: Contemporary Music International Information Service Does anyone have any information on Contemporary Music International Informa- tion Service (C.M.I.I.S.) which is located in New York City? We recently purchased a copy of their two volume _INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC-1991_, and besides not being happy with the publication, we can't find anyway to contact them other than the mailing address. Our invoice reads "All Sales Are Final" which doesn't please us in this case either. Many thanks. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 17:49 EST From: "Carol P. Hawks" Subject: LAPT v. 15, no. 4 Contents _Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory_ CONTENTS v. 15, no. 4 Boissonnas, Christian M. -- Electronic Networks and the Acquisitions Profes- sion, pp. 423-425 Rollins, Gene -- Creating Bibliographic Records in the Geac Acquisitions Module Efficiently, pp. 427-431 Yu, Priscilla -- The Development of Foreign Language Collections at Peking University Library, pp. 433-442 ****** Charleston Conference 1990 -- Preconference: Acquisition of Foreign Material Skelley, Eva and Jonathan Waring -- Obtaining Books and Journals From the USSR -- and a Bit of Eastern Europe -- pp. 443-446 Chapman, Liz -- Divided By a Common Language, United By Common Problems: Buying Foreign Books for UK Academic Libraries, pp. 447-451 Malanchuk, Peter -- African Acquisitions: Strategies to Locate and Acquire Current and Retrospective Africana, pp. 453-461 ****** Keckley, Mary -- Highlights of the Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Discussion Group, pp. 463-464 Chamberlain, Carol -- Report of the ALCTS RS Acquisitions Librarians/Vendors of Library Materials Discussion Group, pp. 465-467 Schmidt, Karen A. -- Highlights of the ALCTS/RS Acquisitions Administrators' Discussion Group, January 15, 1991, pp. 469-470 Marcum, Deanna B. -- Acquisitions in the Library School Curriculum, pp. 471-473 Ogburn, Joyce L. -- Why We Need Acquisitions in the Library Science Curriculum, pp. 475-479 ****** The Review Section _Selection of Library Materials for Area Studies_ reviewed by Fred Lynden, pp. 481-483 _CD-ROM Licensing and Copyright Issues for Libraries_ reviewed by Joyce Ogburn, pp. 483-485 _Policies of Publishers_ reviewed by Judy Johnson, pp. 485-486 _Current British Journals_ reviewed by Minna Saxe, pp. 486-487 _Publishers Directory_; _Cassell & the Publishers Assn. Directory of Publishing_ reviewed by Michael Cramer, pp. 487-489 _Buy Books Where_ reviewed by Judi Fouts, pp. 489-491 _Developing and Maintaining Video Collections in Libraries_ reviewed by Judith Gaston, pp. 491-492 _Video for Libraries: Special Interest Video for Small and Medium-Sized Public Libraries_ reviewed by Judith Gaston, pp. 492-493 _Video Copyright Permissions: A Guide to Securing Permission to Retain, Perform, and Transmit Television Programs Videotaped Off the Air_ reviewed by Judith Gaston, pp. 493-494 _The Basic Business Library: Core Resources, 2nd ed._ reviewed by Janice Boyer, pp. 494-495 ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 1, No. 136 ****** END OF FILE *******