ACQNET v6n010 (April 9, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/serials/stacks/acqnet/acqnet-v6n010 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 6, No. 10, April 9, 1996 ======================================= (1) FROM: Bonnie Hirsch SUBJECT: RE: Holds on items not yet available for checkout (21 lines) (2) FROM: Jean Bruce SUBJECT: Using BIP for obtaining bib records (21 lines) (3) FROM: Dennis Van Arsdale SUBJECT: _Books in Print Plus_, paper vs. hardback & ordering (74 lines) (4) FROM: John Hempstead SUBJECT: Canadian and European books published (16 lines) (5) FROM: John Riley SUBJECT: Call for ALA meeting ideas (35 lines) (1)-------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 08:28:37 -0800 (PST) From: Bonnie Hirsch (Eugene, OR PL) Subject: RE: Holds on items not yet available for checkout At Eugene Public Library, our system does not yet allow on-line holds for items that are not yet available. We use a paper form (small) to record the information, and I keep the slips on file until the item arrives. A note in the ACQ record tells us that there is a hold on the item. When the item arrives, the slip goes with the item through the process until the hold can be placed online by the cataloger. If it turns out that we are unable to get the item, I send the hold request back to the librarians, who decide whether to try to get the item through ILL or whatever. We don't have any approval plans, but judging from our usual response to purchase requests, we would probably keep an item if we had a patron request for it. Bonnie Hirsch Eugene (Oregon) Public Library hirsch@euglib.ci.eugene.or.us (2)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:27:09 -0500 From: Jean Bruce (Univ. of New England) Subject: Using BIP for obtaining bib records My job has increased with the implementation of an online catalog. I now need to input the full record for each title I am ordering. My question to this group is: Should I subscribe to BIP through a Dialog account? Is the CD-ROM subscription better? Does anyone know about an internet address I could subscribe to? Hopefully I'm clear enough in this inquiry. Thanks, Jean Bruce (Person of many hats- one of acquisitions) Asst. to V.P. for Info. Resources Univ of New England Library Biddeford, ME jbruce@mailbox.une.edu (3)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 10:36:03 -0600 From: Dennis Van Arsdale (Westark Community College) Subject: _Books in Print Plus_, paper vs. hardback & ordering I am assured that I am unique in this situation, but would appreciate any opinions: 1. I use the CD-ROM _Books In Print Plus_ for Ingram for ordering. 2. I have an account set up so that Ingram orders are shipped first to San Val to have paperbacks prebound, before shipping them to the Library. 3. Ingram, due to the added shipping costs, and San Val's complaints, have insisted on having me separate paperback and hardcover orders, and gave me a new account for ordering hardcovers. Now here is the tough part: 1. First Problem Area: _BIP+_ is not reliable on noting paperbacks versus hardcover. We get a number of items that were marked as hardcover that turn out to be paperback, and sometimes vice versa. I don't know how much of that is Bowker's inputting and how much is due to publishers' information, but it often leaves the binding in doubt. So right away, it is hard to tell the actual binding, even going by the price. Has anyone else noticed this and complained to Bowker? Then: 2. Books requested are entered in a computer here, and I later print a list out. I often have no idea which titles are available in what binding. 3. I use this list of books requested when I go to _BIP+_. If Ingram has the item in stock, I use _BIP+_ to send a copy of the Ingram-format record to Ingram's Flashback ordering software. If not, I send a MARC-format record to Midwest Library Service's ACQCESS ordering software. Fortunately, the different ordering programs need records sent in two distinctly different ways, so there is no conflict there. 4. Due to Ingram needing this split between paper and hardcover orders, I now find that I need two different files to send the Ingram-format records to: one for paperback, one for hardcover. Second Problem Area: 5. You can't have more than one file open for Ingram orders unless you *redefine* the file name every time you change from one to another. I could send a record to the paperback Ingram file, the next to the Midwest file, the next to the Ingram hardcover file - oops, stop and define it (time spent, time spent!), then the next record to the Midwest file, the next is for the Ingram paperback - (oh, did I use the paper or the hardcover Ingram file last?) Well, redefine it just to make sure (time spent, time spent!). And on and on. The only alternatives I have come up with so far are: A. Order all hardcovers and anything where binding is uncertain through Midwest, which loses a lot of Ingram discounts but is faster. B. Go through my list twice, ordering paperbacks the first time, and note the Ingram-available hardcovers to be ordered on the second time through. Assuming I explained this so it can be understood, has *anyone* else run into this? Bowker says I am the only one complaining about it, and is unlikely to do anything unless they hear a lot more squeaks from other wheels than my own. I am doubtful, but wonder if everyone else just accepts the limitation without complaint, or has anyone found another solution? Am I alone out here? Dennis G. Van Arsdale Technical Services Librarian, Boreham Library Westark Community College (4)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:10:19 -0600 From: John Hempstead (Viterbo College Library) Subject: Canadian and European books published ACQNET: A professor in our psychology department lamented that there was no good source for finding books published in psychology by Canadian and European publishers. Does anyone have a good source of finding non-USA titles by subject as they are published? Any suggestions will be welcome. John Hempstead, Viterbo College Library (5)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 11:32:19 -0500 (EST) From: John Riley (Ambassador Book Service) Subject: Call for ALA meeting ideas Re: ALCTS Librarian/Vendor Discussion Group to be held at ALA in New York on July 7, 1996 at 8:30 a.m. "Topsy Part II: the Acquisition of Non-Print Materials" AV, non-print, media? Whatever you call it, non-print formats represent a growing part of the acquisitions budget. New formats such as CD-ROM and video have found a firm place in the academic library. They are used not only by departments such as art, music, film and education, but also in law, medicine and the sciences. This discussion group wishes to discuss how to go about ordering these materials, what are some of the problems encountered and what are some of the benefits of acquiring these new formats. Please get back to us with any topics you would like to see discussed. How are you integrating these new formats into your acquisitions process? How are you handling backups and replacements? Are there debates about whether to acquire these materials? What is the future for such formats as CD-ROM and video? We would like to have speakers from video and CD_ROM producers and librarians discussing this topic. Please feel free to suggest speakers you would like to hear. For suggestions regarding topics and speakers please contact one of the co-chairs: John Riley, Ambassador Book Service at JDRILEY@JAVANET.COM or Cynthia Coulter, Acquisitions Librarian, University of Northern Iowa, at CYNTHIA.COULTER@UNI.EDU ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 6, No. 10 ****** END OF FILE ******