ACQNET v8n031 (October 20, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/acqnet/acqnet-v8n031.txt ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 8, No. 31, October 20, 1998 ========================================== (1) FROM: P. Stevens SUBJECT: Peter Stevens gets new assignment (38 lines) (2) FROM: F. Egger-Sider SUBJECT: State contracts for purchasing library materials (25 lines) (3) FROM: S. Donk SUBJECT: Book vendors for Central and South America (20 lines) (4) FROM: D. Curry & E. Cook SUBJECT: RE: Simmons (82 lines) (5) FROM: T. Briot SUBJECT: Document delivery services (39 lines) (6) FROM: M. Whipple SUBJECT: Where to purchase a title (23 lines) (7) FROM: G. Mckiernan SUBJECT: Digital ecology (79 lines) (1)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 09:17:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Stevens (Univ. of WA) Subject: Peter Stevens gets new assignment [Ed. note: Peter is remaining on the ACQNET Editorial Board for the time being and is now editing ACQflashes while he takes stock of his new assignment; we wish him all the best!] As some acquisitions folks already know, I've been reassigned from my position of Head of the Acquisitions Division here at the University of Washington Libraries, bringing to a close over 28 years in acquisitions work in four libraries. Reorganization in technical services here has resulted in monographic and serials services divisions rather than acquisitions, cataloging and serials. I am now in training to be a business reference librarian. In case you are wondering, my position moved with me, so there will not be a recruitment for a new acquisitions librarian (as far as I know). And, no, this transfer was not something I requested or welcomed. Rather than merely disappear, I'd like to say thank you to all those acquisitions librarians and vendor representatives that I've worked with over the past 28 years: it has been a great pleasure to be associated with you. Acquisitions librarianship has been an immensely interesting and fulfilling career for me and a wonderful opportunity to meet and work with a lot of very bright, talented and entertaining people. I hope to be able to continue to contribute to acquisitions, behind the scenes, by volunteering with ACQNET. At last report, my acquisitions home page is to be maintained, along with my centralized list of library acquisitions operations. My heartfelt thanks to all of you! Peter Stevens, Reference Librarian Email: stevens@u.washington.edu Foster Business Library Phone: 206-543-4360 University of Washington Fax: 206-616-6430 Box 353224 Office: Foster Library 013N Seattle, WA 98195-3224 (2)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 10:31:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Francine Egger-Sider (LaGuardia CC) Subject: State Contracts for Purchasing Library Materials I do not subscribe to ACQNET but would like to post one message for a talk I am preparing. I am preparing a talk on the use of state contracts for the purchase of library materials at community colleges, primarily. Are you restricted altogether to using vendors on state contracts, is there a dollar amount after which you must use vendors on state contracts, can you chose any vendor you care to, etc. Any information on this topic would be very helpful. Please e-mail me directly at egglg@cunyvmcuny.edu. Thanks. Francine Egger-Sider Coordinator of Technical Services LaGuardia Community College/CUNY Library 31-10 Thomson Avenue Long Island City, N.Y. 11101-3071 (718) 482-5423 egglg@cunyvm.cuny.edu (3)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 03:59:30 -0500 (EST) From: Susan Donk (SUNY Brockport) Subject: Need Central/South American book vendor [Ed. note: I suggested to Susan she look in the ACQNET archives: she did not find anything suitable there so I am posting now; originally submitted in September] Can anyone recommend a book vendor for Central and South America? Thanks in advance. ************************************************* Susan Donk, Library Assistant, Acquisitions Drake Memorial Library, SUNY College at Brockport 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY 14420-2995 Phone 716/395-2144 Fax 716/395-5651 Email sdonk@po.brockport.edu ************************************************* (4)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:13:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Deborah A. Curry (SUNY-Oswego) (Answer: Eleanor Cook (Appalachian State U.) ) Subject: Re: Simmons I think we've discussed Simmons Marketing before but I can't recall the exact nature of the conversation. If anyone has had any dealings with Simmons and their accounting practices, could you email me directly? We're trying to get them to invoice us with something other than a proforma. We cannot prepay and they don't seem to want to be receptive to other solutions. Trying to get a rep. to return calls seems nearly impossible. Has anyone had this type of experience with them? Deborah %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Deborah A. Curry {315} 341-3545 Head, Acquisitions fax {315} 341-3194 Penfield Library email dcurry@oswego.edu SUNY at Oswego Oswego, NY 13126 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Answer: I received excellent information from several people regarding Simmons. Below see a reprint of my message from ACQNET 8:17:4, April 23, 1998. I recommend to anyone trying to reach this publisher to contact Ida Mendoza. She was very helpful to me. As for the proforma arrangement, I do not know what to advise. We can do it only if the publisher requires it and there is no other way to obtain the publication. We eventually received the CD-ROM product, "Choices II" after wrangling with them over the license agreement. Best of luck to all of you when working with this publisher. From ACQNET 8:17 April 23, 1998: "I received 7 replies about Simmons Market Research Bureau. Thanks to: Susan Martin, Doug Duchin, Susan Davis, Doug DeLong, Faye Chadwell, Judith Niles and Norman Melville. 4 people still had the Tampa, Florida office information - this office is closed and those numbers no longer work. Simmons was bought by a company called Symmetrical Resources. This just happened in March. At least one person who replied to my message had material received in February, so all this must have happened pretty fast. Here is the updated information: New address: 309 W. 49th Street 14th floor New York, NY 10019 Academic market representatives: Ida Mendoza 212-373-8915 Francine DePaola 212-373-8995 There is also a another number: 212-373-8900 but one person who responded to my message said he tried this number and got very little information about what was going on. One person said they tried the CD-ROM product "Choices II" and did not like it and were trying to send it back. Another person commented that he had noticed a "decline in quality and availability" in this company's products. Yet another person observed that the license agreement was restrictive and had concerns about the need to prepay. So, Caveat emptor, folks! I called Ida Mendoza today and told her that it is important that they let their customers know where they are if they expect anyone to do business with them. We are requesting updated material from them and will proceed cautiously. Oddly enough, the slogan at the bottom of the original flyer we got from them says, "Know your market" Indeed! " ***************************************************************** Eleanor I. Cook 828-262-2786 (wrk) NEW PO BOX Serials Specialist 828-262-2773 (fax) & Belk Library, PO Box 32026 Area Code! Appalachian State University Spring '98 Boone, NC 28608-2026 cookei@appstate.edu ***************************************************************** (5)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:58:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Briot Subject: Document delivery services [Ed. note: Please reply to Mr. Briot, not to ACQNET] Dear Madame, Dear Sir, My name is Thomas Briot and I am ending a degree in Library Sciences in Belgium (Institut Saint-Berthuin, Malonne). This year, I have to realise my thesis. The subject that I have chosen is an analysis about the providers of primary documents. Therefore, I would like to get so many information as possible concerning the services that you know: a.. Do you know providers of primary documents (generalist or specialist in a domain)? b.. How does it work? c.. Are they specialized in a certain type of document? d.. How much does it cost? e.. What is the delay to get a delivery? I thank you in advance for all the information you could provide me by e-mail, by fax or by post. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Yours sincerely, Thomas BRIOT Rue du Bonbonnier, 1 5590 Ciney Belgium Tel: + 32 (0) 83 21 18 00 Fax: + 32 (0) 83 21 73 30 (6)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:37:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Marcia Whipple Subject: Where to purchase a title I am posting this to both SERIALST and ACQNET-L We are interested in subscribing to Journal of Technical Acoustics East-European Acoustical Association ISSN 2024-3505 If you subscribe to this, how and from whom do you order it? We cannot find it in our vendor catalog. It is not on PubList.com and it is not in OCLC. Any assistance will be gratefully received. Thank you kindly, Marcia Whipple SPAWAR Systems Center 619-553-4889 whipple@spawar.navy.mil (7)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 16:52:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Gerry Mckiernan (Iowa State U.) Subject: Digital Ecology _Digital Ecology_ Among the many themes in the responses to my recent posting on _E-Journals in the Era of Print Cancellations_ were concerns about long-term Archival access and unreliable network access to E-Publications. In thinking about these concerns as well as others ****** BTW: These, and other Pro and Con views on E-Journals have been outlined at the following Web page: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/CrossRoads.htm ****** it has occurred to me that we need also to consider the nature and configuration of hardware and systems infrastructure in light of current organizational and professional attitudes about electronic publications, the interest (and need?) for local control, and the inertia of established professional traditions. One of the possible models to address these interests would be to view the digital environment and digital resources from an ecological point of view. In one possible alternative, one could envision an archival and access model that mirrors the current print-based systems of local, regional and national collections. Instead of a local library depending on a publisher or service bureau to maintain its electronic collection, the local library could in turn do so. In this model the local library would gradually replace its print-based stacks with stacks of servers [A CyberStacks(sm) [{:->]. With appropriate and necessary software and staff, it would 'acquire', 'catalog' and provide 'access' to institutionally purchased materials. [As many know, many vendors offer local libraries the option of obtaining all purchased files for local loading should a library decide to cancel an Internet subscription to the service.] Such a local collection could be electronically linked to others within a state or region (e.g., Big 12 +, CIC, etc.) such that each member participates more dynamically in true cooperative collective development. [Here of course there are some very successful state and consortial programs that could be modified to satisfy local desires]. On a larger scale, such national repositories as the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) as well as national libraries (e.g., NAL, NLM, LoC) would have the responsibilities of 'acquiring' and 'maintaining' and providing 'access' to materials of less local or regional interest. Collectively, the local, state, regional, and national collections would constitute the Digital Universe of E-Journals (and other electronic 'publications') to serve each level of need. In my mind this model would satisfy a very strong view of local control and assure local access [I also believe that such a model would be more acceptable to libraries and librarians; the _local_ OPAC is an example. We cooperate and collaborate, but we concurrently maintain _local_ online catalogs [There are _of course_ exceptions]. Another benefit to this model is that it could serve as the infrastructure to enable colleges, universities, and research institutions to reclaim and retain more direct control over their _local_ intellectual property. As Always, Any and All Comments, Questions, Citations, Critiques, Queries and/or Contributions would be Most Welcome. Joy! Gerry McKiernan Theoretical Librarian and Curator, CyberStacks(sm) Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/ ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol.8, No.31 ****** END OF FILE ******