ACQNET: Serials Acquisitions Glossary 3rd edition, revised

Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:45:45 -0500
From:  Jim Millhorn (N. Illinois Univ.) <C60JHM1_at_wpo.cso.niu.edu>
Subject:  Serials Acquisitions Glossary 3rd edition, revised

[Ed. note: Another one that got missed. Our apologies - Eic]

Greetings:

Long, long ago in the field of serials/acquisitions 
practices-1993 to be precise-the Serials 
Section/Acquisitions Committee published under the 
auspices of the ALCTS the original print 
_Serials Acquisitions Glossary_.  
There have been several subsequent attempts to revive 
andupdate the Glossary. Notably, Kim Maxfield (MIT) as 
Chair of the Committee completed an electronic 
Supplement to the Glossary in March 2003. In the last 
year Committee Chair, Sandhya Srivastava (Hofstra
University), appointed a Sub-Committee-Janet Hulm 
(Ohio University), Marie Seymour-Green (University 
of Delaware), and Jim Millhorn (Northern Illinois 
University)-charged with creating an electronic 
document integrating the original Glossary with the 
Supplement.  The idea was not merely to merge the 
two documents, but to establish a platform wherein
interested readers could suggest additions and 
deletions to the Glossary. The members of the 
Committee are intensely aware of the need to review 
the entire Glossary.  Certain terms may appear 
obsolete, whereas a number of key concepts and 
developments that have emerged recently remain 
absent and unaccounted.

The Committee invites all individuals with an 
interest in serials/acquisitions to forward their 
suggestions to the current Committee Chair, 
Gary Ives (Texas A & M), GIves_at_lib-gw.tamu.edu 
(Texas A& M). Gary and the Committee will review 
all the recommendations on a biannual basis, and 
amend the Glossary accordingly.  With your support
and participation the Glossary can evolve into an 
ongoing discussion that charts the ever-changing 
terrain of the serials/acquisitions field.
The Glossary is currently posted at the ALCTS web site:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/alctspubsbucket/webpublications/alctsserials/serialsacquisiti/05_serials_glossary.pdf

Gary's email address is also posted at the bottom of 
the Third Foreword to the Glossary.

Best regards,

Jim Millhorn
Head of Acquisitions
Northern Illinois University Libraries
De Kalb, IL 60115
ph: 815-753-1054
fax: 815-753-9870
email: millhorn_at_niu.edu 




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