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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:12:25 -0400
From: Mrs. Lynne Finlayson (U. of Cape Town) <lynne_at_uctlib.uct.ac.za>
Subject: Acquisitions/Serials set up
We are currently restructuring the Acquisitions Department of the
Library
here at University of Cape Town, South Africa. We are combining two
previously separate sections: Acquisitions (monographs) and Periodicals.
The Library has an annual budget of around $2 million for the provision
of material, a journal list of 5,500 (1880 of which are donated or
exchange titles) and a volume of 8-10,000 monographic purchases per
year. We would be interested to know from academic institutions of
similar capacity the following:
Do you handle both monographic and serials acquisitions in one
department? If no, have you considered combining? If yes, then the
following questions apply:
1) If yes, how many staff do you have? How many are professionally
qualified? How many grades of non-professionals do you have?
2) If yes to (1), are the workflows merged or fairly separate? If
separate, how many staff are involved in each?
3) Do you have a binding preparation team in your department or does
this task fall to all staff doing serials (or don't you bind at all)?
If you do have a separate team, how big is it and what is their
annual turnover?
4) Is your department involved in the processing of monograph
donations/gifts in any way. If yes, to what extent?
5) Are your journal titles all paid subscriptions, or are some
donations/gifts? If not, do you handle such titles in any way?
6) At what stage is the Collection Development Librarian involved
in the whole acquisitions process?
7) How do orders/requests for purchases get to you? Do you have
an online facility which faculty staff and/or subject specialist
librarians can use to place requests? Is this system part of your
integrated library system (ILS)?
9) What ILS do you have (if any)?
Many thanks for your help with our questions.
Lynne Finlayson lynne_at_uctlib.uct.ac.za
Acquisitions Dept.
Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
University of Cape Town
RONDEBOSCH 7701
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel. (021) 650 4016
Received on Sun Sep 08 2002 - 12:47:48 EDT