ACQNET v2n017 (February 5, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acq-v2n017 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 17, February 5, 1992 ======================================== (1) FROM: Marsha Clark SUBJECT: Library processing and the Internet (15 lines) (2) FROM: Richard Jasper SUBJECT: Cuban periodicals (9 lines) (3) FROM: Ann Palomo SUBJECT: Guy Broussac (10 lines) (4) FROM: Pamela Rose SUBJECT: Serials-to-monographs ratio (11 lines) (5) FROM: Pamela Rose SUBJECT: Government documents purchasing (11 lines) (6) FROM: Joyce Ogburn SUBJECT: U. of Illinois Library Research Center Advanced Research Institute (93 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1992 08:25 EDT From: Marsha Clark Subject: The Internet At ALA so many vendors were demonstrating access to their databases or ways of transmitting orders and invoices, and many librarians kept asking "can we do it on the Internet?" I heard a good explanation of why one might not want to "trust" the Internet to carry important data. However, I have a broader question: Is the Internet infinitely expandable? If hundreds of libraries and all of their vendors start sending data back and forth, in addition to all the current uses of the network, could the Internet cope? It's hard for me to conceptual- ize this--I can only picture the crowded roads leading into New York City at rush hour! Thanks to anyone who can enlighten me. (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 05 Feb 92 13:18:22 EST From: Richard Jasper Subject: Cuban periodicals Does anyone have any experience with Publications Exchange Inc., 8306 Mill Drive, Suite 241, Miami, FL 33183? They have recently circulated a brochure to Latin Americanists indicating that they can provide a number of Cuban periodi- cals on a subscription basis direct to U.S. libraries. Their telephone number, according to directory assistance for Miami, is (305) 256-0162. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 5 Feb 92 08:50:00 EST From: Ann Palomo Subject: Broussac In response to Douglas Duchin's query about the French vendor Broussac (I'm assuming that Broussac is Guy Boussac, located at 46, Rue de Babylone, 75343 Paris, France), we at Cleveland Public Library have been ordering French language materials from Guy Boussac for several years. Our Foreign Literature Department is pleased with Boussac's prices and delivery of materials. Rarely do we order French titles from any other vendor. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1992 09:15 EST From: Pamela Rose Subject: Serials-to-monographs ratio In reply to Rich Ring regarding Book/Serial percentages, I agree wholehearted- ly! Our collection development process is indeed a complex one, and we rely heavily on our faculty's input. We do journal use studies, check shelves for use of previous editions for new approval books and scope of the current collection in particular subject areas, request sample journal copies and route them to appropriate faculty, constantly revise our approval profile based on input from academic departments re: new programs, etc. We do not try to fit our ratios into a box. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1992 09:15 EST From: Pamela Rose Subject: Government documents purchasing The Health Sciences Library at SUNY - Buffalo has a deposit account directly with GPO, uses Accents Publications Service in Silver Springs, MD for some hard-to-get items, but primarily first tries to acquire the material gratis by calling the issuing agency. We maintain a list of government agency phone numbers, numbers for the bureaus and division within the larger organization. We've had great success with this approach, getting about 30% of our govern- ment documents in this manner. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 5 Feb 1992 11:30:02 U From: Joyce Ogburn Subject: Advanced Research Institute (Message forwarded from LIBADMIN@UMAB) For the third year, the University of Illinois Library Research Center is pleased to offer and Advanced Research Institute. The Institute provides library and information science faculty with an opportunity for concentrated time for research, collaboration with outstanding international faculty and excellent technical and library resources. Previous participants have cited [1] the value of being able to get away from daily entanglements and of spending 3 weeks with only one task. As one individual said, "It was good in two ways -- both freeing up time to work on my research, and freeing up my mind from the distractions and preoccupations of daily life. That immersion resulted in two concrete accomplishments: I found a focus for a project I hadn't been able to figure out how to approach yet, and I got a great deal of work done on it"; [2] the contacts with UIUC faculty -- many of them outside GSLIS who have been generous with their time; [3] opportu- nities for collaboration that have continued well past the ARI; and [4] completing projects. So far, past participants have mentioned at least 4 major publications they feel were helped by their participation in the ARI. The institute will be held from July 12-31, 1992 on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois. Paul Kantor who has led the institute for the past two summers, and Leigh Estabrook, who designed the ARI and has worked with members during the first two institutes, have agreed to this responsibility for the coming summer. Their team has been selected because of their different methodological approaches to research but their shared sensitivity to individu- al differences among researchers. They each are particularly sensitive to the dynamics of the institute membership. Participants in the institute will meet together to present research projects for critique and to discuss topics of broader concern. Time for library research, data analysis and writing will also be included in the schedule. We expect to follow the schedule adopted during the past two summers that is semi- structured in the first and last week, but allows large blocks of time for individual research and writing. As in the past, participants and faculty will stay in a university residence hall. The shared meal times have been particularly fruitful times for collabo- rative thinking. In addition to the human resources of the institute and GSLIS faculty, partici- pants will have available to them the resources of the Library Research Center [including access to computing and statistical packages for computation] and the University Library. In the past ARI participants have sought out numerous other faculty across the UIUC campus and without exception have been helped. Application criteria and procedures: Applicants must have completed at least one piece of substantive research. Other criteria for evaluation will include: [1] support of the applicant's employer; [2] commitment to and passion for research as judged by past record and application; [3] willingness to bring current research for analysis, criticism and thought to other participants; [4] commitment to the full three weeks of the program; and [5] the potential quality and significance of the research. The institute is not designed for remediation, but rather as a means to support and enhance the work of individuals who are or have the promise to be leaders in library and information science research. The design of the institute continues to be based on our belief that research flourishes best in a climate of free exchange of ideas, which is impossible if everyone must be concerned to preserve his or her professional image. It is our desire to build a community that is "safe" enough for participants to expose ideas to rigorous review by some of their most talented professional colleagues. Applicants are asked to submit an outline of the proposed or ongoing research that they will be the subject of their Institute work. This must be accompa- nied by a statement of the significance of the research questions and/or methods proposed for analysis. This year we particularly encourage applica- tions from two or more individuals working on collaborative projects. The fee for the institute is $500. Members receive room and 15 meals per week, plus technical and consulting support. Some scholarship assistance is avail- able. For further information please contact Leigh Estabrook [estabroo@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu] at 410 DKH, 1407 West Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801. Telephone 217/333-3280. ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 17 ****** END OF FILE *******