Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:50:36 -1000 (HST)
From: Thelma Diercks (U. of Hawaii) <thelma_at_hawaii.edu>
Subject: Re: ACQNET: Foreign Census Materials (fwd)
Karen Peacock is Pacific Curator here at the UHM Library. She's given
permission to share her response (see below) with ACQNET regarding the
following posting. Cheers, Thelma
>====================================================================
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Karen Peacock wrote:
>
> > Hi Thelma -
> > Basically, we go to the source - the publishing agency/department -
> > there is no overall Pacific vendor for government publications of
Pacific nations. However, some gov. publications are available from
Pan Pacifica
> > http://www.mcn.org/B/panpacifica/
> >
> > and she could contact them.
> >
> > I see in the list mention of Kiribati, Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands,
> > Vanuatu....
> >
> > Please be alert that Solomon Islands has been in much chaos from riots and
> > political and ethnic difficulties and many publications are suspended and
> > have been for some time.
> >
> > For all of these countries we go straight to the publisher, but in Fiji
> > there is a Government Printer and that is more of a central arrangement
> > for many, but not all, pubs.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> > cheers
> > karen peacock
Karen M. Peacock, PhD
> > Head, Special Collections & Pacific Curator
> > UH Library, 2550 The Mall
> > Honolulu, HI 96822
> > tel 808 956 2851
> > fax 808 956 5968
> >
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> > > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:36:55 -0500
> > > From: Carol R. Lockett (Univ. of TX-Austin) <clockett_at_uts.cc.utexas.edu>
> > > Subject: Census materials vendor anyone?
> > >
> > > Greetings:
> > >
> > > We have not had good luck acquiring foreign census materials. Over the past
> > > two years, we have placed 50 orders but only 9 have been fully received,
> > > one partially received.
> > >
> > > Of the remaining 40 orders, one has been cancelled, but the rest remain open.
> > >
> > > We sent 20 orders to African Imprint Library Services well over 18 months
> > > ago. They respond to our claims with "will be sent ASAP" but we've received
> > > nothing to date. We sent two orders to Clarke's Bookshop in South Africa
> > > who filled them in 8 months but 2 orders is not much of a test. We have 7
> > > orders outstanding with American Overseas Book Co. but they were just sent
> > > in the last 2-3 months so the jury is still out on that vendor.
> > >
> > > We sent 21 orders directly to census offices/departments in various
> > > countries (Palestine, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Morocco, Madagascar,
> > > Kingdom of Tonga, Korea, Republic of Kirbati, Jordan, Seychelles, Spain,
> > > Cyprus and New Zealand). Of these we have received only 7 items (plus one
> > > partial receipt). We had our best luck with Spain and New Zealand.
> > >
> > > So, does anyone have a foreign census vendor to recommend? We have a new
> > > crop of order requests and are wondering where to send them. Countries
> > > involved are Singapore, Cambodia, Italy, Fiji Islands, Malawi, Swaziland,
> > > Solomon Islands, Rep. of Kiribati, China, Estonia, and Vanuatu.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Carol R. Lockett
> > > Manager, Firm Orders
> > > Acquisitions Dept.
> > > General Libraries
> > > University of Texas at Austin
> > > Austin, TX USA
> > > EMAIL: clockett_at_uts.cc.utexas.edu
> > > PH: 512-495-4144
> > > FX: 512-495-4410
> > > ******************************
Received on Sun May 05 2002 - 15:35:27 EDT