ACQNET v2n109 (December 8, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acq-v2n109 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 109, December 8, 1992 ========================================= (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (24 lines) (2) FROM: Douglas Duchin SUBJECT: E-Version of Darwin's _On the Origin of Species_ (6 lines) (3) FROM: Dan Tonkery SUBJECT: _Cellular and Molecular Biology_ (24 lines) (4) FROM: Heather Miller SUBJECT: Charles Schacks, Jr. (12 lines) (5) FROM: Peter Stevens SUBJECT: Reprint Services Corp., Gille Brothers (17 lines) (6) FROM: Donna Lively SUBJECT: Limiting requests to purchase new materials (16 lines) (7) FROM: Scott Wicks SUBJECT: Trade embargoes (30 lines) (8) FROM: Marylou Hale SUBJECT: Adding value and acquisitions (40 lines) (1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 8, 1992 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Marsha S. Clark Barbara Ann Knotts Head, Serials/Acquisitions Manager of Acquisitions New York Acad. of Medicine Libr. St. Louis Public Library E-mail: CLARKMAR@CLASS.ORG E-mail: SDDSMIT@SLVAXA.UMSL.EDU Margaret Fallon Bodenstedt Judy Niemi Head of Acquisitions Major Accounts Manager Rochester Inst. of Tech. Libr. Yankee Book Peddler E-mail: MFBWML@RITVAX.ISC.RIT.EDU E-mail: JNIEMI@OFFICE.YBP.COM Glen Secor Stephen Pugh Chief Executive Officer Territory Sales Manager Yankee Book Peddler Yankee Book Peddler E-mail: GSECOR@OFFICE.YBP.COM E-mail: SPUGH@OFFICE.YBP.COM Diane Hansen Dana D'Andraia Major Accounts Manager Territory Sales Manager Yankee Book Peddler Yankee Book Peddler E-mail: DHANSEN@OFFICE.YBP.COM E-mail: DDANDRAI@OFFICE.YBP.COM (2)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 02 Dec 92 12:30:54 EST From: Douglas Duchin (Baruch College) Subject: E-version of Darwin's _On the Origin of Species_ Does anyone have a source for Darwin's On the Origin of Species in machine- readable format? (3)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed 02 Dec 1992 15:39:28 From: Dan Tonkery (Readmore) Subject: _Cellular and Molecular Biology_ Seldom does one see such a confusing public display of an internal problem that now impacts all of the subscribers. By this time everyone knows that we have two titles with the same name and focus. The Wegmann version has been published with a double issue 5/6, no. 7 has been mailed and no. 8 is underway. Our clients have been advised to order both versions as they are two separate publications and both are being indexed in _Index Medicus_. Since the Wegmann version contains more articles, users are going to be confused to find Medline citations for articles that the library does not have in their existing subscription. As an agent we have both titles in our title file and plan to send orders to both organizations following our clients subscription requirements. To date we have received orders for both titles. It is my understanding that NLM will index both versions and they are requesting a new ISSN for the Wegmann title which will be know as the (Noisy-le-Grand) version. (4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 17:37 EST From: Heather Miller (SUNY - Albany) Subject: Charles Schacks, Jr. We could use some help in tracking down Charles Schacks, Jr., publisher of several journals on Soviet studies (e.g.: _Soviet Union/Union sovietique_). If there has been an announcement about him or them, we missed it. These publications have long been a problem because he has moved from one institution to another, most recently being at the University of Pittsburgh. Now we can't find him or his publications. Has he and his publications gone the way of the Soviet Union itself? That would certainly take care of all the attendant problems. (5)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 11:13:27 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Stevens (University of Washington) Subject: Reprint Services Corp. I've used this firm. It bills me with material shipped--no prepayments requested. Our orders to this firm stipulate in our internal records that there should be no prepayment--or payments of any kind--since this firm is one of the many incarnations of the Frank and Michael Gille publishing companies from fifteen years ago. Many libraries prepaid Gille firms for sets that were never published (as we did, before I was hired) and for which no reimbursement was ever received. We still have a large balance of nearly $1,000 remaining from such a prepayment so I apply each invoice against that balance, asking Reprint Services to void their invoice. We obtained a list of their publications--passable reprints of old music books--in order to "spend" down the Gille's "indebtedness" to us by about a thousand dollars over the past dozen or so years. They continue to supply books and invoice us, despite my never paying them. (6)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 3 Dec 92 15:32:32 CST From: Donna Lively (Univ. of Texas - Arlington) Subject: Limiting Requests for New Materials I am seeking advice form other institutions on how to limit requests for new materials so that they do not greatly exceed the department's book allocation. BACKGROUND: UTA reference librarians perform collection development activities on a part-time basis without clerical assistance. Each librarian serves as liaison with one or more departments and monitors expenditures for those departments. Some faculty continually exceed their allocations. In the past, the Acquisitions Department has accepted and verified all incoming requests. I am trying to eliminate unnecessary work on titles that will never be purchased. You may reply to me at CASTLE@LIBRARY.UTA.EDU (7)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 03 Dec 92 16:46:43 EST From: Scott Wicks (Cornell University) Subject: Trade embargoes, continued So far I've had two responses to my query regarding the legality of trading library materials with an Iraqi library. While neither was directly related to Iraq, both were related to the general topic of trading with an "embargoed" nation. As a result of our query two years ago into the legality of conducting trade with dealers in Vietnam, Cornell has not had any formal arrangements with dealers in Vietnam. One respondent stated that she had been dealing with Vietnam but on a restricted basis. In her discussions with the Commerce Dept. and the Bureau of Export Information she found out that she could only deal with books in humanities subjects. Another respondent stated that her library had been dealing with Cuba on an exchange basis restricted only in that the packages needed to be stamped "printed materials." She cleared the legality of this exchange with the Dept. of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control. The plot sickens as I now have in my possession a letter from one of our dealers formerly of Yugoslavia, currently of, well, I'm not sure. They have supplied in good faith several serial titles. We processed their invoices, sent them our checks, and now they report that they are unable to cash these checks because of "the state of the boycott." Now they ask us to suggest a manner for them to process these checks. Have any of you had similar experiences? Have any of you come up with creative ways to pay these former Yugoslav dealers? (8)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 08 Dec 92 11:24:12 -0800 From: Marylou Hale Subject: Adding value Christian's question on how acquisitions librarians add value to the materials we buy had me puzzled. I printed it off and kept it within sight on my desk (a chore in itself!). I must admit, I was bugged by the question. I'm spending a lot of money to obtain the MLS, and if I couldn't justify my thoughts on the added value thing, I thought I'd be wasting those big bucks. So after weeks of thinking about it, here's the long-awaited answer. I must disagree with Christian's statement that purchasing a book merely brings the item into the library. With our online system, our patrons can see when an item is on order and when that item has been received. The screen changes from "on order" to "being processed." At this point, they can request the item immediately, and usually receive it cataloged and ready to check out within 48 hours. Some of more educated patrons have learned how to watch those order records for favorite titles and request them the minute the status changes. Now for the rest of Christian's article on added value, I have this opinion. I am not a professional librarian and am not under the same pressures, but I do see what I do as very valuable. Perhaps the value doesn't come from the item, itself, but rather from the knowledge that can be obtained from that item. Let's say, for a moment, that what we do does not add value. Let's stop all the approval, cancel all journals, stop processing gifts and purchase no new titles or any access to anything. Now will the university and our society continue to grow? I think not. I see the university library as the intellectual center of the university. Without increasing resources, this center will shrivel and die. Society will soon follow. Or, some smart business will start seeing the need, buy and process all the materials, and sell them back to the library at some increased price because they saw themselves as adding value. In my opinion, the added value doesn't come from the single item, but rather the collection of items over time, which increase the knowledge of the populace. After all, weren't some libraries brought to the people to help educate the masses? If part of our university's mission is to educate its students, I see the library as part of that mission. And who better to know the ins and outs of purchasing materials for the library than the librarian--the heart and soul of the library which is the brain of the university. It's just my opinion. I'll just climb off my idealistic soapbox and move back to my desk. ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 109 ****** END OF FILE *******