ACQNET: Approval Plan--Accept vs. Return

From: ELEANOR COOK <COOKEI_at_appstate.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:08:21 -0400 (EDT) To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu

Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:57:48 -0500
From: Kim Hale (Columbia College, Chicago) <kah000_at_mail.lib.colum.edu>
Subject: Approval Plan--Accept vs. Return

We are considering changing our processing procedure for books received on
approval.  Rather than shelving them for review, we are proposing to
accept all items received, and accept the few titles that may be
considered marginal.

Over the past two years, we have refined our approval profile such that it
would be more economical in the long-run to accept all titles rather than
making them available for selector review.

Have any other libraries decided to do the same, and was it successful?
How did your selectors/bibliographers react?  What arguments for or
against should we consider?

All responses are welcome.

Thank you,

Kimberly Hale, Acquisitions Librarian/Coordinator of Collection Development 
Library, Columbia College Chicago 
624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 
(312)344-7355(voice) /  (312)344-8062(fax)