Acquisitions Survey

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[DO NOT REPLY TO ACQNET - PLEASE REPLY TO M. FLINCHBAUGH. Thanks, Ed.]

Date: August 6, 2003: 12:10 pm
From:
Michelle Flinchbaugh (Univ. of Md. Baltimore CO) <flinchba_at_umbc.edu>
Subject:  Acquisitions Survey

SURVEY. Please respond to sender (NOT TO THE LIST).

We would very much appreciate you taking a minute to respond to this
very short survey. 


1)	Approximately how many items do you order each year?

a.	Less than 1000______
b.	1,000-5,000_________
c.	5,000-10,000________
d.	10,000-20,000_______
e.	20,000-50,000_______
f.	50,000+____________


2)	Do you export OCLC bibliographic records into your library
system at the point of order?

Yes___________		No _____________


3)	Please indicate the most important factors in reaching your
decision TO EXPORT or NOT to export at the point of ordering:

a.	We never considered exporting at the point of order_____
b.	Acquisitions efficiency______
c.	Cataloging efficiency______
d.	OCLC Cost_____
e.	Quality of order information______
f.	Quality of bibliographic records_____
g.	Error rate in record selection at point of order____
h.	Access____
i.	Service____
j.	Other (please specify):



If you export at the point of ordering, please answer the following
additional questions:


4)	Who is responsible for record selection and export at the point
of order:

a.	Acquisitions______
b.	Cataloging________
c.	Acquisitions/Cataloging together______
d.	Other (please specify):


5)	If the order exported record matches the item received, copy
cataloging is done:

a.	In the local system____
b.	In OCLC then overlay____
c.	Other (please specify):


6)	What is the approximate percentage of order exported records not
matching the item received:______


Michelle Flinchbaugh
Acquisitions Librarian
Albin O. Kuhn Library
UMBC
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
 
Phone: (410) 455-6754
Fax: (410) 455-1598

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