ACQNET v2n032 (March 5, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acq-v2n032 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 32, March 5, 1992 ===================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (33 lines) (2) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Vendors' e-mail address changes (15 lines) (3) FROM: Jim Campbell SUBJECT: International publishers, Peter Lang, country of origin (38 lines) (4) FROM: Helmut Schwarzer SUBJECT: Peter Lang (9 lines) (5) FROM: Adrian Alexander SUBJECT: International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) (8 lines) (6) FROM: Lawrence Caylor SUBJECT: Microform purchasing, Eastern Book Co. (8 lines) (7) FROM: Lynn Branch Brown SUBJECT: Expert systems in acquisitions (9 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: March 5, 1992 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Terry Ann Leopold Humanities Bibliographer Auraria Library E-mail: TLEOPOLD@CUDENVER.BITNET Elaine Borowick Acquisitions / Serials Librarian Merrimack College Library E-mail: BOROWICK@MERRIMACK.EDU Ellen Purcell Acquisitions Librarian Population Info. Pgrm, Ctr for Communication Pgrm E-mail: GPA_PCS@JHUVM.BITNET Floyd M. Zula Head, Monographs-Acquisitions Tulane University Library E-mail: LB13ILF%MUSIC.TCS.TULANE.EDU@VM.TCS.TULANE.EDU Diana Zinnato Associate Director for Collection Management Thomas Jefferson University Library E-mail: IEAY954@TJUVM.BITNET Maurice C. Libbey Head, Acquisition Services Eastern Illinois University Library E-mail: CFMCL@UX1.CTS.EIU.EDU (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 92 08:38:35 EST From: Christian Subject: Vendors on ACQNET have new e-mail addresses Those booksellers who were on ACQNET by way of ALANET now have new e-mail addresses. ALANET closed down last week, thus necessitating the change. Two booksellers have been dropped because I have no address for them. If they ever come through I'll put them back in. The people with new addresses are: -- S. Jay Askuvich, Midwest Library Service 70544.2217@COMPUSERVE.COM -- Eric Carlson, Yankee Book Peddler 70713.3011@COMPUSERVE.COM -- Tina Feick, Blackwell's Periodical Division TINA@READMORE.COM -- Jane Maddox, Otto Harrassowitz 70571.124@COMPUSERVE.COM -- Marguerite K. McNair, Blackwell North America 72321.3330@COMPUSERVE.COM -- Bob Schatz, Academic Book Center ACBC@ATTMAIL.COM (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 92 12:38:04 -0500 From: Jim Campbell Subject: International publishers, country of origin, Peter Lang Despite globalization, going to the country of publication still often makes sense, but imprint isn't necessarily a reliable clue to determine country of publication. Sometimes it's like the "American" cars that were designed in Japan and have a Japanese drive train, with many of the other parts made in Mexico. Lang's books carry as many as five imprint locations (Bern, Frankfurt, Paris, New York, and now sometimes Berlin). They have editorial offices in those cities and usually put first in the imprint the editorial office responsible for that particular title. But all of the Lang books that I have seen were manufactured in Switzerland or Germany, regardless of what comes first on the imprint page, and their catalog states: "All our books are distributed out of Bern, but orders may also be sent to New York for onward transmission." Each publisher seems to have its own system for dealing with all of this. Oxford UP and Cambridge UP usually do their printing in the country where they do their editing -- something that comes from the New York editorial office was probably printed in the US. Oxford puts the originating office first in the imprint; Cambridge lists all three offices (Cambridge, New York, Melbourne) with Cambridge always first, no matter where the book was edited or printed. A decision about what vendor should handle a given publisher can't really be based on imprint information any more. Rather it should be based on: -- whether the vendor can provide the titles reliably -- which vendor is more cost effective. Any vendor can probably handle most multinational publishers. Cambridge and Oxford charge a premium when they import a title form one market into another, so it makes sense to get their books in they country where they originated, be it the US, the UK, Australia, or Malaysia. Since Lang has stock only in Bern, and since their pricing is more or less the same in Europe and the US, and they give no significant discount to booksellers anywhere, there would seem to be no reason not to get all titles from a German vendor. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 04 Mar 92 10:52:11 EST From: Helmut Schwarzer <70713.3011@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Peter Lang In response to Lynne Branche Brown's question about coverage of Peter Lang on approval plans for foreign materials: Peter Lang is a Swiss publisher (from Bern, the German-language part of Switzerland). No books of his are warehoused in the U.S. and the New York imprint on some or all of his titles is mere window dressing. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2 Mar 92 09:42:00 EST From: "Adrian Alexander" Subject: ICSTI - Moscow Re Nancy Gibbs' query in ACQNET 2:30 about the International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) in Moscow: This organization is Faxon's "partner" in the Confederation of Independent States and provides office space for our subscription operation there. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1992 08:47:49 -0500 From: Lawrence Caylor Subject: Microforms A good vendor will purchase virtually any item for a library, so long as sufficient information is supplied. Eastern Book Company has provided this service to us at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell for many years, and does it happily. If you have concerns, contact Dave Foshey at 1-800-937-0331. (7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1992 10:26 EST From: Lynne Branche Brown Subject: Expert Systems Is anyone using expert systems technology for acquisitions-related processes? What I've found in the literature in reference to expert systems and technical services is focused primarily on cataloguing. I'd like to hear from anyone who is using it, or is working towards using it for the various decisions that acquisitions folks make. ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 32 ****** END OF FILE *******