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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003
From: JoAnne Deeken (Univ. of Tennessee) <deeken_at_aztec.lib.utk.edu>
Subject: Meeting Announcement
Automated Acquisitions/In Process Control Discussion Group:
The topic for our discussion at MidWinter will be "Shifting
Responsibility: Good, Bad, or Just a Fact a Life?" It seems to us that
there has been a shifting of some responsibilities between libraries and
vendors. Vendors are strongly encouraging ordering from their sites and
discouraging traditional paper orders. Libraries are relying on vendors
to halt duplication, especially libraries where selectors order directly
without intervention by Acquisitions. Vendors are even incorporating
library fund structures into their ordering process and supplying data
files that create bib records, order records, adjust funds, and expend
encumbrances. Are there other changes libraries have experienced? Are
they good for both libraries and vendors? The meeting is planned to be a
true discussion from all participants, but we have lined up discussion
leaders from both libraries and vendors to "prime the pump". Join us for a
living discussion of the shifting responsibilities in Acquisitions.
Meeting time is Sunday from 9-11 in the San Diego Marriott, Leucadia Room.
JoAnne Deeken
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