Last chance to answer ACQNET/ AcqWeb Survey!

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Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:33:27 -0500
From: Eleanor Cook (Appalachian State U.) <cookei_at_appstate.edu>
Subject: Last chance to answer ACQNET/ AcqWeb Survey

On December 13th, I posted a message about a survey we are conducting.  
If you missed this message, lost it in the holiday shuffle, or just 
never got around to it, you still have a chance to respond.  We will 
close the survey on TUES. JANUARY 16.

Please take a few minutes to answer the survey for us.  It's at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=616062828256


Thanks so much for your time.

Eleanor Cook
Chief Editor, ACQNET-L

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Date:  Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:32:54 -0500
From:  Eleanor Cook (Chief Editor, ACQNET-L) <cookei_at_appstate.edu>
Subject: If you care about ACQNET and AcqWeb - PLEASE READ THIS

Greetings Subscribers of ACQNET!

It's been a very long time since I have addressed you all this way as 
Chief Editor, but we need your attention concerning a survey that the 
ACQNET Editorial Board and I think is rather important.  So PLEASE take 
the time to read this, if you will.

I know there are many surveys out there right now - but this one is 
different - it's fast and easy and it's important for our future - see:  
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=616062828256

Many of you know AcqWeb - ACQNET's sister web site - http://www.acqweb.org

This is where the ACQNET archives are located, along with our editorial 
policy and subscriber instructions.  But AcqWeb has been far more than 
that in its history.  Before Yahoo and Google and similar search 
engines, AcqWeb was one of the best avenues for Acquisitions folks to 
find publisher web sites and other useful resources related to the 
day-to-day activities of acquiring library materials.  AcqWeb was 
created in 1994 and was faithfully maintained for many years by Anna 
Belle Leiserson, at Vanderbilt University. Since 2004 AcqWeb has lived at 
Appalachian State U.and has maintained by Paul Orkiszewski.  Unfortunately, 
Paul has not been able to keep AcqWeb up-to-date and maintenance has been 
hit or miss. Indeed, not much has been updated since the transfer occurred.  
So we want to review the usefulness of AcqWeb and determine what next to do 
with it.

A second interesting development has to do with ACQNET the list.  Some 
of you may have heard that other independent discussion lists have made 
moves recently or are about to do so.  The LidAdmin list, which was 
moderated for years by Pamela Bluh, has moved to ALA's LAMA Division - 
SEE:  http://blogs.ala.org/lamaleads.php?blog=20&page=1&paged=5 

AUTOCAT, the list for cataloging topics, is in the process of looking 
for a new home as I write.  While ACQNET's home at Appalachian State is 
secure as far as I know, we think it's time to look at the current 
technologies available and determine if there might be better ways to 
manage the information we want to provide for acquisitions work.

So we have developed a very short, hopefully uncomplicated SURVEY that 
we would like you to complete.  We have been talking about doing this 
survey for almost 2 years and I, like Paul (and probably like you too!) 
have not had to time to devote to thinking about this and then doing 
something about it. So finally, here it is, and we REALLY want to hear 
from you!

The survey is available at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=616062828256

We know that some of you might be just as happy if nothing changes with 
ACQNET the list and that's OK, tell us that if you want to.

But we know we have to do something with AcqWeb, and soon.

This message is being posted to ACQNET-L, CollDev-L, SERIALST, and 
thanks to Pamela Bluh, to appropriate discussion lists within AALL.

Please take the survey - and we thank you!

Sincerely,
Eleanor Cook
Chief Editor, ACQNET-L

-- 
Eleanor I. Cook
Serials Coordinator & Professor
Belk Library, ASU Box 32026
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608-2026
828-262-2786
828-262-2773 (fax)
cookei_at_appstate.edu


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