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From: "Thomson, Debra" <DThomson_at_ric.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:04:29 -0400
How about Busca? I am planning on starting with them in the fall, so it would be good to have them included.
Debra Thomson
Acquisitions and Gifts Manager
Rhode Island College Library
600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Providence, RI 02908
Phone 401-456-9651 * Fax 401-456-2715 * Email dthomson_at_ric.edu
Reach. Inspire. Connect. www.ric.edu
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From: "Helen E. Morey" <moreyh_at_cookman.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:31:55 -0500
Two other vendors are:
· Books-a-Million (By the way, we just set up an account with this chain. The online site takes purchase orders, so we are hoping to use this source in place of Amazon . Does anyone have any experience with their business-to-business division?)
· Emery-Pratt
Helen Morey
Collection Development / Acquisitions Librarian
Bethune-Cookman University Library
640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3099
Phone: 386.481.2417
Fax.: 386.481.2182
moreyh_at_cookman.edu
---------Original Message-------
A question to all Acquisition Librarians: Which vendors do you most often use when purchasing books and media? At SUNY Geneseo, we have been working on a system called GIST (the Getting It System Toolkit) to streamline purchase requests and the acquisitions of materials using the ILL request management software, ILLiad. Within ILLiad there are web services called “addons”, and we have developed one called the “GIST Purchase Addon”, which allows you to easily purchase and shop for requested items without leaving the ILLiad client. You can set your default vendor which will be displayed once you open the tab. To price compare, you can simply choose from a drop down list of available vendors. The addon will run a search and display the results from that vendor’s website. If you have an account, it will log you in automatically so you can easily submit your order. At present, the following vendors are available to search from within the GIST Purchase Addon:
* Abe Books
* Addall
* Alibris
* Amazon
* Barnes and Noble
* Better World Books
* Book House
* Bookmooch
* Cassalini
* YBP’s GOBI
* Midwest Tape
* PaperbackSwap
* SwapaCD
* SwapaDVD
We’re curious about which vendors are used most frequently and might be missing from this list. Please feel free to respond off-list to pitcher_at_geneseo.edu -- Thanks!
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Kate Pitcher
Head of Technical Services & Collection Development
Milne Library @ SUNY Geneseo
Ph: 585-245-5064
pitcher_at_geneseo.edu
http://www.geneseo.edu/~pitcher
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