Hi. Yes, I can report that the main vendor we use, Coutts/Ingram, does
indeed do the customizations that Mike described in his message (i.e.
accurately encoded records, fund and location codes), and it's free. This
is one of the reasons we have been reluctant to use YBP as our main vendor,
because this charge exists, but we're unclear why it exists.
I'm also curious why YBP charges an annual fee for the advanced features
of the GOBI platform. Again, our vendor charges no such fee at all for the
use of their full platform, and we are unclear why YBP has such a fee.
Rich
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:42 PM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> Do the vendors with the free export do the customization that Mike
> described, so that order records are created with the correct fund code
> when loaded into the ILS?
>
> Lauren
> --
> Lauren Corbett
> Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
> Wake Forest University
> 336-758-6136
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:16 PM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
>> My perspective on this is different, perhaps because I used to work for a
>> vendor (for the record, not YBP, Blackwell, or Coutts). I’m always on the
>> lookout for vendor services that can make our operation a little more
>> efficient, whether the service is “free” or not. While I’d love for this
>> one to be a free service, I also figure I’d then be paying for it in some
>> other indirect, fashion since vendors are going to cover their costs
>> somewhere.
>>
>> In particular, I don’t object to paying this fee, or other similar fees
>> from vendors, because we get something valuable in exchange. In this case,
>> it’s not just short MARC records, but also very accurately encoded order
>> records with fund and location codes, etc. These land in our Aleph system
>> overnight attached to a short bibliographic record. If you cost this out,
>> it comes in at about $20 per week -- cheap -- especially when I consider
>> that this allows my staff to spend time on tasks other than manually keying
>> in order records.
>>
>> Mike Wright
>> The University of Iowa Libraries
>> michael-wright_at_uiowa.edu
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------
>> From: acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:
>> acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
>> acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org
>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:31 PM
>> To: acqnet-l
>> Subject: Re: [ACQNET-L] YBP Export service charge inquiry (3 responses)
>>
>>
>> 1) -----
>> From: Anne Deacon <adeacon_at_uwo.ca>
>> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:10:37 -0400
>>
>> We are with Coutts/Ingram - they do not charge any such fee - exporting
>> from their site is free.
>>
>> Anne Deacon
>> Manager Acquisitions
>> Western University
>>
>>
>> 2) -----
>> From: Richard Wisneski <rlw54_at_case.edu>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:37:10 -0400
>>
>> Hello,
>> In regards to this question, I'm also curious why libraries agree to
>> this fee. We don't currently use YBP as our main vendor, in large part
>> because of this fee. Does anyone know the rationale behind YBP charging
>> $1000 annually to use GOBI's export?
>>
>> r. wisneski
>>
>>
>> ********************
>> Richard Wisneski, Ph.D.
>> Team Leader, Acquisitions and Metadata
>> Kelvin Smith Library
>> Case Western Reserve University
>> 10900 Euclid Ave.
>> Cleveland, OH 44106-7151
>> 216.368.6599 (w)
>> rlw54_at_case.edu
>> http://filer.case.edu/rlw54/
>>
>>
>> 3) -----
>> From: Patty A Cohn <cohn_at_stolaf.edu>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:52:33 -0500
>>
>> St. Olaf pays this fee as well.
>>
>> Patty Cohn
>>
>>
>> --
>> Patty Cohn
>> Library Acquisitions & Marketing Associate
>> & Visual Resources Curator
>> St. Olaf College, 1510 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057
>> 507-786-3736 or 507-786-3635
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering for those of you who use YBP as a vendor for ordering
>> monographs, do you pay $1000 a year just to use GOBI Export? We recently
>> received a GOBI Export subscription invoice for $1000 from YBP that came as
>> shock. Our YBP Collection Development Manager explained to me that this
>> is a standard fixed fee that all libraries using GOBI Export would be
>> billed on an annual basis regardless of the number of books that were
>> ordered using GOBI Export. Since our previous jobber, Blackwell, never
>> billed us for using export function thru Collection Manager, so I was
>> curious if indeed all YBP customers pay $1000 a year just to export short
>> bib records from GOBI? As an extension to this question, I was also
>> wondering for those of you who use a different vendor to order monographs,
>> does your vendor charge you to export short bib records for creating
>> POs?! I would be more than happy to summarize the responses I get if you
>> are interested, just let me know.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for sharing your experiences!!
>>
>> Best,
>> Dung-Lan
>>
>> *********************************************************
>> Dung-Lan Chen
>> Bibliographic Services/Acquisitions Associate Librarian
>>
>> Lucy Scribner Library
>> Skidmore College
>> 815 N Broadway
>> Saratoga Springs NY 12866 USA
>> Voicemail: 518-580-5511
>> Fax: 518-580-5541
>> Email: duchen_at_skidmore.edu
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