ACQNET v2n007 (January 19, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acq-v2n007 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 7, January 19, 1992 ======================================= (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (13 lines) (2) FROM: Erika Linke SUBJECT: ICPSR codebooks and data (54 lines) (3) FROM: Chuck Hamaker SUBJECT: Acquisitions training for collection development (25 lines) (4) FROM: Barbara Winters SUBJECT: ALA meeting announcement: ALCTS Electronic Publishing Discussion Group (30 lines) (5) FROM: October Ivins SUBJECT: ALA meeting announcement: ACRL Journal Costs in Academic Libraries Discussion Group (22 lines) (6) FROM: Marsha Clark SUBJECT: ALA meeting announcement: ALCTS Out Of Print Discussion Group (10 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: January 19, 1992 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Carol Krueger Documents Librarian and Journal Selection Librarian National Library of Medicine E-mail: KRUEGER@NLM.NIH.GOV Patrick Flannery Assistant University Librarian The American University Library E-mail: FLANNER@AUVM.BITNET (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1992 09:57:18 -0500 (EST) From: Erika C. Linke Subject: ICPSR Since 1985, Carnegie Mellon University has tried out four different scenarios for acquiring and cataloging ICPSR codebooks and data. Our current procedure for ordering and cataloging ICPSR tapes and codebooks is as follows: ORDERING Users submit requests to the Social Sciences Librarian, in person, via email, or by paper form. The Social Sciences Librarian reviews the request and orders the codebooks and/or data on the Internet via ICPSR's CDNet. The order is then recorded in the ICPSR Order Log. This log is in a MacWrite2 file and accessible on a file server to Public Service and Acquisitions staff. The log entry records the patron (phone number and address), ICPSR study numbers, order number assigned by ICPSR, order data and any relevant notes about the order. RECEIPT Acquisitions staff receive the codebook/tapes. For tapes, the Acquisitions staff assign sequential tape numbers and deliver the tapes to the Machine Room of the University Computing Center (UCC). The tapes are checked in by tape number and are housed there. Acquisitions staff record the receipt date of the codebook/tapes and for codebooks, record the tape numbers in the ICPSR Order Log. They search OCLC for cataloging copy and then send the printouts and the codebooks to be rush cataloged. If there is no OCLC copy, we do original cataloging. CATALOGING We rush catalog all ICPSR codebooks and tapes. 1. Codebook only. This material is simply rush cataloged and the user checks out the codebook at the Circulation Desk. 2. Codebook and Tape. When we receive both the codebook and tape, we rush catalog the codebook. We also include a copy of the Tape Information Form (specific to our tape) in the codebook. On the Tape Information Form, we also record the tape numbers that have been assigned to the datatapes by Acquisi- tions staff. We do not catalog the tapes; however, in the catalog record, we add a 590 note stating that the datatapes are available at the UCC and the number assigned to the tapes. 3. Tape only. There are two instances when we receive the tape only. In the instance when the codebook is already owned, we retrieve the codebook, add the Tape Information Form and edit the catalog record. In the second instance, the tape has no printed codebook, but instead the codebook is machine-readable and available on the tape we have received. Our procedure is to locally create a record in our catalog for the Tape Information Form. The record includes information about the study, the ICPSR study number, the assigned tape numbers and the important fact that there is no printed codebook. This IS the brief version. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 92 16:27:50 CST From: Chuck Hamaker Subject: Acquisitions training of collection development staff I am beginning at the beginning with a group of librarians who want to do collection development. Is there a basic manual or list somewhere of what every acquistions librarian wished that all collection development librarians knew? I'm talking about basic stuff, like: Does this text duplicate a text we already have? What is a duplicate vs. different edition? When is a different edition not a different edition? Is the paper quality of this edition appro- priate for our library or this subject? This is an exact reprint of a title we already have; do we really want it? Know what I mean? Sort of the principles of acquisitions from a selection point of view or what we need to know before the order leaves the library. Maybe it's a list of what you have to teach searchers in order to have them do a good job, i.e.: Did you check that series to be sure we don't get it on standing order? We used to lump all those things into the "verification" rubric. A little more sophisticated version of a question like this, is: Did you know that that particular distributor only distributes titles from India? Or did you know that press X is essentially a vanity press, even though it is usually academic departments, not individuals who pay the fee. Any help out there, sort of looking for the business of acquisitions before we order the book? Any help would be appreciated. I'd even take a good syllabus if there is one. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1992 07:03 EST From: Barbara Winters Subject: Meeting Announcement: ALCTS Electronic Publishing Discussion Group Location for the organizational meeting of the ALCTS Electronic Publishing Discussion Group is the Sheraton Gunter Hotel, Alamo Room. This meeting immediately follows the meeting of the LITA/ALCTS Serials Automation Interest Group, which is scheduled from 9:30-11:00 in the same location. For those of you who have not read about this new discussion group, following is a copy of ALA's news release: **************************************************************** ALCTS TO ASSESS ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING DISCUSSION GROUP NEED The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) will assess the need for an Electronic Publishing Discussion Group at a meeting on Sunday, January 26, 1992, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio.... The new group would provide a forum for discussion of collecting, acquiring, cataloging, storing, distributing and archiving information in electronic format. The agenda for the organization meeting will include discussion about the need for and the purpose of the group, how it would differ from other ALCTS discus- sion groups, the process for petitioning ALCTS to formally recognize the group and possible topics for future meetings. For more information, contact the ALCTS Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 5034. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 14:45:35 CST From: October Ivins Subject: ALA Midwinter Meeting Announcement ACRL JOURNAL COSTS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES DISCUSSION GROUP Two speakers will share a macro and a micro view of the impact of rising journal costs as an introduction to discussion. These impacts include purchasing fewer monographs and revising collection development procedure. ANN OKERSON, Association of Research Libraries, will give an overview of 1992 cancellation projects, preview statistics to be released in February, and summarize responses in which ARL is involved. TOM LEONARDT, University of the Pacific, will discuss actions taken at his library in response to rising costs. WHEN: Monday, January 27, 11:30 - 12:30 WHERE: Marriott Rivercenter Salon A Please contact chair, October Ivins, Louisiana State University Libraries, NOTORI@LSUVM.bitnet or (504) 388-4364 for more information. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1992 16:03 EDT From: Marsha Clark Subject: Discussion Group at ALA The ALCTS Out of Print Discussion Group will meet Saturday, January 24, 1992, 2-4 p.m. in the Convention Center, Fiesta A. Deborah Fetch, Pennsylvania State University, will discuss her experiences with BookQuest and Floyd Zula, Tulane University will discuss his methods for obtaining out of print materials. ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 7 ****** END OF FILE *******