ACQNET: Full runs of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar

Date:    Friday, 16 Jan 2004
From:    Buddy Pennington (U of Missouri-Kansas City) <penningtonb_at_umkc.edu>
Subject: Full runs of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar

Hi all,

Okay, let the snickering begin.

We have a faculty member that is insistent that we obtain backfiles,
in color, of Vogue (1891-present) and Harper's Bazaar (1867- ).  He
wants them to be in color, which excludes microform and reprints as
far as I know. I have indicated that those are two valuable titles
that libraries keep because of their value and that if we did find
them, they would be quite expensive.  However, I am still being
charged with investigating the availability.

My initial investigations have pretty much resulted in what I was
expecting.  Of three major backfile vendors I searched, I discovered
one vendor with loose issues ranging from 1995-2003 and two vendors
with no stock of either title.  Ebay listed the same, individual
issues and a couple of bound volumes (both of which looked
incomplete).

I was hoping beyond hope that someone out there may know other
resources I can try.  I would like more evidence to press my case that
the professor's demands are pretty unreasonable.  Are there vendors
for color reprints or microforms?  I've never seen them myself but you
never know.

Thanks.

Buddy Pennington
Serials Acquisitions Librarian
Miller Nichols Library
University of Missouri - Kansas City
800 E. 51st Street
Kansas City, MO  64110
816-235-1548
816-333-5584 (fax)
penningtonb_at_umkc.edu

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