ACQNET v4n023 (MAY 2, 1994)
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               ACQNET, VOL. 4, NO. 23, MAY 2, 1994
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(1)  FROM:    Henry Owino
     SUBJECT: New names for Acquisitions Units (33 lines)

(2)  FROM:    Tana Hardin
     SUBJECT: Out-of-Print resources (17 lines)

(3)  FROM:    Dennis Gibbons
     SUBJECT: Territory Titles (11 lines)

(4)  FROM:    Special Libraries Association 
     SUBJECT: SLA's Continuing Education Program (35 lines)


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From: Henry Owino (RMIT Libr., Melbourne) <HENRYO@library.lib.rmit.edu.au>
Subject: What names -- New Acquisitions Units?
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 01:15:56 -0400

   Before 1990 our Acquisitions unit was called Orders/Pre-
Cataloguing. In 1990 the unit was merged with Collections
Management under a new name - Acquisitions & Collection Management
or ACM for short. This unit then handled all Collection Management
functions and Acquisitions and Processing, and later the electronic
library called "Telelibrary."

    From the beginning of this year Inter-Library Loans was added 
to our unit and we are now searching for a new name. I am
considering passing on Eleanor Cook's "M.A.P." (Materials        
Acquisitions and Processing) to my Superiors for addition to the
pool! (I hope she doesn't mind.) [She doesn't - ed.]

     Here are a couple of names we have suggested to our Library 
Administration:

        1)  Collection Development & Document Delivery (CODDEL)

        2)  Information Resources Management  (IRM)

        3)  Information Resources Development & Management (IRDM)

        4)  Collection Management, Acquisitions and Document 
            Delivery (COMANDD) 

        5)  Collection Management & Document Delivery (CMDD)
        
        Which would you choose and why? Please let us know.
        
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From: Tana Hardin (Kansas City Public Library) <MT_TANA@KCPL.LIB.MO.US>
Subject:  Out-of-print resources
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 10:28:09 -0400

     Perhaps this topic has been addressed on ACQNET before, but
Janice Lindquist's recent request for specialty OP resources
parallels my concern about locating and dealing with OP resources
in general. We are a public library and seldom need out-of-print
resources; as a result, we don't have a familiarity with them and
the best way to proceed. I would like to hear about specific OP
resources other libraries are using successfully, types of
materials they specialize in, and procedural matters such as
requirements for written PO's, phone orders, length of cancella-
tion periods before trying other resources, etc.

Thanks for any help that you can give me!

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From: Dennis Gibbons (Texas Christian University) <GIBBONS1@LIB.IS.TCU.EDU>
Subject: Territory Titles
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 10:04:49 -0400>

   Has anyone done business with a book distributor in Albuquerque
called Territory Titles?  I have ordered about $1,000 worth of
books from them. My fiscal year will probably end before the books
arrive, and I am thinking about prepaying the order.  Having no
prior knowledge of the company, I am hesitant to send them $1,000 
on faith.  Can anyone give them a good reference?
     
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From: Special Libraries Association <speclib@capcon.net>
Subject: SLA's Continuing Education Program
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 16:16:07 -0400

Register for the Middle Management Institute!
"Management Skills" and "Marketing and Public Relations"
June 10-11, 1994 Atlanta, GA

The Middle Management Institute (MMI) is designed to increase job
effectiveness and professionalism as it grooms managers for
leadership roles.  Participants should be familiar with the basics
of management and have a working knowledge of current office and
information technologies.

Topics of discussion for the two units offered in conjunction with
SLA's Annual Conference include:

"Management Skills"
     The Role of Corporate Culture
     Management Style and Group Dynamics
     Management Communications
     Problem Solving and Decision-making
     The Planning Process

"Marketing and Public Relations"
     Marketing and the Information Center
     The Marketing Mix
     The Power of Promotion
     The Marketing Plan

For further information or to receive a copy of the 1994 MMI
brochure, contact the Special Libraries Association's Professional
Development Section at (202) 234-4700 ext. 649 or send an Internet
message to SLA1.CAPCON@NET. 

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