ACQNET: Number of vendors used

From: Thelma Diercks <thelma_at_hawaii.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:28:41 -1000 (HST) To: Acqnet <acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu>

Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:54:31 -0400
From: Barbara Dean (Arlington County Dept. of Libraries)
<Bdean_at_arlingtonva.us>
Subject: ACQNET: Number of vendors used

Arlington County is a medium-sized urban library with a materials
budget of just over $1.2 million.  I'm in the process of making the
case that we can not afford to spread our financial resources among
a large number of booksellers/publishers.  I know I'll be asked for
benchmarks.

Is anyone willing to share the approximate number of vendors they do
business with in one year?  Does your library put some kind of limit
on the number of sources it works with in one year?  What happens
when a selector says they want something purchased that can only be
acquired by going direct?

Barbara C. Dean
Acquisitions Librarian
Arlington County Department of Libraries
1015 North Quincy Street
Arlington, VA  22201
703-228-5979
703-228-5998 FAX

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