ACQNET - RE: DVD Vendors

From: ELEANOR COOK <COOKEI_at_appstate.edu>
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 15:11:57 -0400 (EDT)
To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:11:08 -1000 (HST)
From: Thelma Diercks (Univ. of Hawaii) <thelma_at_hawaii.edu>
Subject: Re: ACQNET:  DVD Vendors

The University of Hawaii Library has been ordering from Ken Crane with
good success.  Check their url: http://www.kencranes.com/  They may be
able to fill most of the criteria listed.

Thelma Diercks
Head, Acquisitions Department
Acting Head, Collection Services Division
University of Hawaii Library

email: thelma_at_hawaii.edu
phone: (808) 956-2611
fax:   (808) 956-8596

> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:31:54 -0500
> From: Sarah Andrews (Univ. of Iowa) <sarah-andrews_at_uiowa.edu>
> Subject: DVD vendors
>
> [Ed. note:  Please post this also to the VIDEOLIB LIST - SEE:
> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/VideoLib/   ]
>
>
> Our library is looking for a new vendor to order DVDs from.  Our former
> vendor closed.  If you have any recommendations, please let me know.
> Our library orders approximately 800 US DVDs per year.  We are looking 
> for a vendor who:
>
> 1. Accepts library purchase orders
> 2. Can accept orders for any in print US DVD.  We do not want to check
> the web or a printed catalog to verify the vendor can supply the title.  
> We do not want to be required to provide vendor reference numbers.
> 3. Sends in and out of stock materials promptly.
> 4. Allows returns if still shrink wrapped.
> 5. Send periodic reports on our backordered titles.
> 6.  Accepts standing orders for multi-volume sets such as "The Alfred
> Hitchcock Collection."
>
> You may reply to me directly at mailto:sarah-andrews_at_uiowa.edu
>
> Sarah Andrews
> Orders Assistant
> Monographic Acquisitions
> University of Iowa Libraries
> Iowa City, IA
>
Received on Sat Apr 06 2002 - 15:00:13 EST