Deborah and All,
We have stopped most of our standing orders for two reasons. First we are
in the process of migrating to the Evergreen Library System, and special
provisions for standing orders have not been developed yet in the
Acquisitions module. Second, we are shifting more and more to ebooks titles
when they are available. What we were finding was that ebooks were being
purchase for titles that were also being received in print because of our
standing orders.
We do still have a few standing orders; 90% of which are with international
publishers that do not yet provide any titles electronically. To help us
track the remaining few, we have turned to the open source CORAL Electronic
Resources Management System. It isn't being used as part of the ordering or
payment process, but at least it provides a place to turn to find out why a
title has arrived in the mail.
Hope that helps,
Don
--
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterworth_at_asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:40 PM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> We have for most of our titles. It works well for us. We are a small
> University, and we never really had a huge list of standing orders to start
> with. We are finding that while it does take a careful checking to make
> sure each edition has been ordered, we have saved money doing it this way.
>
> I have created a spreadsheet for title with a field for expected
> publication date. I check on each title around that time, and I either
> order it if it is available, or change the date if the publication date has
> changed.
>
> Also, I am the only one who orders books for my institution, so I don't
> have to worry about duplication of orders.
>
> Please let me know if you have any specific questions!
>
> Maya
>
>
> Maya N. Berry
> Acquisitions / Public Services Librarian
>
> Plough Library
> Christian Brothers University
> 650 E Parkway S
> Memphis, TN 38104
>
> Phone (901) 321-3554
> Fax (901) 321-3219
>
> mberry2_at_cbu.edu
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Has anyone eliminated all standing orders with book vendors and started
> ordering them on an edition-by-edition basis? I'd be interested to hear any
> comments or feedback on how well that has (or hasn't) worked.
>
>
>
> //SIGNED//
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>
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