Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:35:54 -0500
From: Karen Akins (TX A&M Univ.-Commerce) <Karen_Akins_at_tamu-commerce.edu>
Subject: Re: ACQNET: Information required of Bibliographers/ Selectors
Some people can be very hard to train. We took a different attitude-"how
can we make it easier for our requesters." By teaching them to put their
books on a "cart" in the vendor database, they don't have to do the typing
out of the whole order. For the most part, our librarians love it and we
can be pretty sure that we our actually getting what they want. With the
time saved on their end, they seem to be more willing to get full
bibliographic data on their end. We still have some faculty requests that
come in with confusing data. We use the time saved by from needing to
build carts for the other orders, to check with the faculty on the orders
which do not make sense. We do still have students make sure we don't
already own every order.
Karen S. Akins
James G. Gee Library
Head, Acquisitions/Collection Development
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX
75429-3011
(903) 886-5728 (Office)
(903) 886-5723 (fax)
Karen_Akins_at_tamu-commerce.edu
At 02:18 PM 12/8/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 15:32:36 -0500
>From: Michael Young <youngm_at_albany.edu>
>Subject: Information required of Bibliographers/ Selectors
>
>Our Acquisitions Department has recently absorbed the Pre-Order Search Unit
>from Collection Development, where this Unit formerly functioned as support
>staff. The Unit has lost two full-time professional faculty and relies
>heavily on student workers, the funds for which have just been cut. Our
>bibliographers are accustomed to submitting fragmentary, confusing
>information in order requests, relying on the Unit to clarify or fill in
>the lacunae. With reduced staff and an increased workload in Acquisitions,
>we find it is no longer possible to accept such orders. What do other
>academic libraries require from bibs submitting requests (i.e. one item per
>page, reliable source for info such as vendor database, complete
>notification info with name and email address etc.)? What happens if the
>info is incomplete--does it get sent back? We are planning to institute a
>much stricter policy about order requests and it would be helpful to know
>about what has succeeded at other libraries.
>
>Michael Young
>__________________________
>Michael Young
>Head of Acquisitions Services
>University at Albany Libraries, UL B 34
>1400 Washington Avenue
>
>Albany NY 12222
>
>youngm_at_albany.edu
>
>518/442-3626
>FAX: 518/442-3630
>
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