===============================================================================
ACQflash ** ACQflash ** ACQflash ** ACQflash ** ACQflash ** ACQflash
This is a time-sensitive posting from ACQNET
It is not indexed but it is archived for one calendar year
===============================================================================
Date: Jan.31, 2001
From: Eleanor Cook (Appalachian State U.) <cookei_at_appstate.edu>
Subject: REVISED WELCOME FOR 2001 - PLEASE KEEP FOR REFERENCE
Revised January 2001
ACQNET-L
The Acquisitions Librarians Electronic Network
Welcome to ACQNET.
The purpose of this message is to give you some information about
ACQNET.
ACQNET is a forum in which acquisitions librarians and others interested
in acquisitions may exchange information and ideas, and find solutions
to common problems. It started with a group of 25 librarians in December,
1990 and as of January, 2001 has over 1730 subscribers.
ACQNET is a moderated list. It uses the "Listproc" software platform.
Messages are posted several times a month. Although you can subscribe
and un-subscribe at will, you cannot contribute to the list directly.
The editors receive all potential postings, and then they organize, edit,
summarize and distribute them to the subscribers. You do not have to
be subscribed to ACQNET to submit a posting, but your posting should
be relevant to the aims of the list. COMMERICAL POSTINGS ARE NOT
ACCEPTED (see below for more information). If you do not wish to subscribe
to ACQNET, please submit your posting directly to the Chief Editor,
Eleanor Cook at:
cookei_at_appstate.edu
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
TO COMMUNICATE WITH ACQNET
To subscribe to ACQNET, send the following message to:
LISTPROC_at_LISTPROC.APPSTATE.EDU
SUBSCRIBE ACQNET-L YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME
Example: subscribe acqnet-l jane smith
Do not put anything else in the message. Do not put your email address in the
message, just your whole name.
Once subscribed, you should receive this welcome message and editorial policy.
Subscribers should then send postings to:
ACQNET-L_at_LISTPROC.APPSTATE.EDU
You may choose from certain options regarding how the list will
interact with you. To change these options, you must send a
command in electronic mail to: LISTPROC_at_LISTPROC.APPSTATE.EDU
(*NOT* to ACQNET-L_at_LISTPROC.APPSTATE.EDU) saying:
SET ACQNET-L MAIL [option]
where [option] can be any of the following:
NOACK -- Do not send me my own postings back
ACK -- Send me my own postings back
DIGEST -- Send me a periodic digest of postings
POSTPONE -- Do not send me *anything* until I change back to
one of the other three commands listed above
The default is NOACK.
To unsubscribe from ACQNET, send the following command to:
LISTPROC_at_LISTPROC.APPSTATE.EDU
in an electronic mail message:
UNSUB ACQNET-L
You must be using the exact same e-mail address with which you
originally subscribed to make any of the above commands work.
Otherwise, the list will not recognize you.
If you have any questions or problems with your subscription, contact
Eleanor Cook at cookei_at_appstate.edu
If you have any questions about the list, contact the list manager
at postmaster_at_listproc.appstate.edu
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACQNET-L EDITORIAL BOARD
The Chief Editor is Eleanor Cook (Serials Coordinator, Appalachian
State University Library), assisted by the following editorial board:
Rick Anderson, Electronic Resources/Serials Coordinator,
University of Nevada-Reno;
Ladd Brown, Acquisitions Librarian,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;
Karl Debus, Head, Acquisitions & Serials Dept.,
University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Deborah Duke, Customer Liaison, SIRSI, Inc.;
Lisa German, Acquisitions Team Leader,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
Jack Montgomery, Coordinator, Collection Services, Western Kentucky University;
Keith Powell, Acquisitions Librarian, Alabama State University
Christian Boissonnas, Director, Central Technical Services, Cornell
University Library was founding Editor.
Anna Belle Leiserson, Webmaster, Vanderbilt University Law School, as
_AcqWeb_ Editor, serves Ex-Officio on the ACQNET Editorial Board.
ACQNET also includes a Technical Board. Members serve as assistants
in the day-to-day operation of the list. These individuals include:
Rick Anderson, as Acqflash Editor
Eric Lease Morgan, Infomotions, Inc. as ACQNET Archivist
ARCHIVES
Official archives of the list are available via _AcqWeb_. These are maintained
by Eric Lease Morgan. The archives are divided in to three sections:
1990-July 2000 (When ACQNET-L was a digested newsletter with volume and
issue numbering); postings from August 2000, which are chronologically
arranged; and Acqflashes, which are also chronological and are kept for one
year and then purged. A search engine is available from which one can search
for specific topics or threads.
EDITORIAL POLICY
SCOPE
ACQNET subscribers discuss anything they want within the main area
of interest of the list which is library acquisitions, collection development,
and related subjects. Subscribers need to keep in mind the other existing
newsletters, such as the _NEWSLETTER ON SERIAL PRICING ISSUES_, or
the following lists: Liblicense-L, COLLDEV-L, SERIALST, and integrated
library system-related lists. Feature articles or reports should
generally be submitted to _AGAINST THE GRAIN_ or other appropriate print
newsletters or journals.
ACQNET does not accept want lists or items to give away. Such lists may
be sent instead to electronic lists that specialize in this sort of activity.
These can be found through _AcqWeb_.
This is an edited list. The editor(s) reserve the right to make all
decisions regarding the posting of messages. Those that are judged to fall
outside the scope of interest of subscribers are returned to senders with
an explanation for the rejection, or suggestions for re-submission. All
messages not returned are posted. No anonymous messages are posted.
Postings must be in the English language. The Editorial Board reserves
the right to rule against any postings. Since ACQNET is an independent,
non-profit entity, with no formal affiliation with any library organization,
the only further appeal to a contested posting would be to the entire
subscriber list, but this has rarely been asked for.
OBLIGATIONS OF CONTRIBUTORS
Contributors clearly understand the importance of assuring the
accuracy of the information which they include in their postings
and their accountability to the group and the profession on that
score. The experience of some of our colleagues on other networks
suggests that this is essential.
ACQNET promotes congenial and courteous scholarly discussion.
Contributors may argue facts or opinions, however, personal attacks on
other contributors or institutions will not intentionally be posted.
"Flames" are not welcome.
Subscribers need to remind themselves that the over 1700 addresses
from many countries represent a wide span of cultures and levels of
expertise. Message content and language should reflect an
appreciation that what is being said, as it were, is spoken from a
podium in front of a very large, very diverse group of people. For
instance, often humor is interpreted differently depending upon a
person's cultural background or beliefs.
SUBMISSION OF POSTINGS
Contributors who wish to communicate with the group send a posting
to the editor at ACQNET-L_at_LISTPROC.APPSTATE.EDU. The editor
requests that a single message deal with a single question or
issue, as it makes the job of editing and combining with other
postings considerably easier.
Contributors are asked to make sure that their names appear in the
"FROM" line of their postings, not just their e-mail address, or in
the signature information if they sign their messages. Name, affiliation,
and email address are preferred.
Please indicate specifically on the "SUBJECT" line the topic of the
message. Words such as "For ACQNET" or "RE:
ACQNET 3:22" are not sufficient, although it is helpful to start
the subject line with the word ACQNET:
Postings should be under 200 lines. Longer files should be split
and sent separately so to be posted successively. Margins should be set
so that a line is between 70 and 75 characters long. PLEASE DO NOT SEND
Attached files; all submissions should be e-mail messages in basic ASCII
format.
Contributions are accepted only when they are sent to ACQNET
through the Internet.
ACQFLASHES
ACQflashes are single-topic postings of a time-sensitive nature.
They are not indexed and are archived for one year only. These are
sent out more quickly than regular ACQNET postings. Items such as
surveys, meeting announcements and job postings that have some aspect
of acquisitions responsibility or would be of interest to the
subscribers are sent out as ACQflashes. ACQflashes are sent out as soon
as possible after receipt. Request that your posting be sent as an
ACQflash if it is time-sensitive.
EDITING
ACQNET derives much of its appeal from the fact that it is current,
allowing contributors to express concerns and opinions and get
rapid feedback. Contributors are therefore advised that editing of
the messages that they send is kept to a minimum. It is limited to
looking for erroneous information, organizing the postings so that they
are as easy to read as possible, and fixing grossly incorrect usage of the
language. Paragraphs with complete sentences are appreciated and the use
of abbreviations and uncommon initials or jargon is discouraged.
The editors assume that information sent to
ACQNET-L_at_LISTPROC.APPSTATE.EDU
is meant to be redistributed to subscribers. Private
communications to the Editor or others should not be sent to that
address. Be aware that survey replies or other private communications
that inadvertently come to ACQNET-L will not be redistributed, but
neither will they be forwarded.
Contributors are sometimes uncertain about whether they can name
other parties, especially when they possess critical information
about those parties. ACQNET policy is to print names and critical
information which is factual and verifiable, but not to print
derogatory or critical opinions which add nothing to the facts.
COMMERCIAL MESSAGES: ACQNET does not accept commercial advertisements of
any kind. Press releases from companies of interest to the subscribers
may be sent to _AcqWeb_.
COPYRIGHT
The copyright of individual postings to, and archived files of
ACQNET is owned by individual authors. Use of the information
posted in ACQNET for commercial purposes is prohibited except by
written permission of individual contributors. Posting to ACQNET
automatically grants the editor the right to use contributions in
whole or in part in subsequent publications but only for
non-commercial purposes.
CROSS-POSTING
Cross-posting from other lists is accepted when the content relates
directly to the areas of interest to subscribers of ACQNET. It is
the responsibility of contributors of a cross-post to obtain
permission from the original author to post the message to ACQNET,
and state that permission has been granted in the cross-post
submission.
DISCLAIMER
Contents of all postings are the responsibility of the contributing
authors and do not imply the endorsement of the editor, the
editorial board, or Appalachian University.
RELATION TO ACQWEB
ACQNET maintains an affiliation with _AcqWeb_, a world-wide-web
site developed by Anna Belle Leiserson. _AcqWeb_ provides a
hot-link source of publisher and vendor home pages, as well as
links to other resources of interest to acquisitions librarians.
_AcqWeb_'s URL:
http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/
SUBSCRIBER LIST: The subscriber list is closed. It is not available
for commercial use. Any other non-commercial use must be cleared
by the Editor.
****** END OF FILE ********** ACQflash ********** END OF FILE ******
Received on Wed Jan 31 2001 - 21:50:07 UTC