Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 20:16:07 +0000
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This is our experience as well. Subject liaisons might have conversations with vendors about a particular product, but Acquisitions places the orders. Buddy Pennington Director of Collections and Access Management University of Missouri--Kansas City 308 Miller Nichols Library 800 East 51st St. Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 penningtonb_at_umkc.edu<mailto:penningtonb_at_umkc.edu> 816-235-1548 816-333-5584 (fax) [ULIB_2C_web_200px]<http://library.umkc.edu/> From: ACQNET-L [mailto:acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 7:00 PM To: acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [ACQNET-L] Standard practice for purchasing databases Uh, no. Our campus and state auditors would have a stroke if we did anything like this. The Subject selectors select. Acquisitions staff then acquire. Accounting staff then pay invoices. Our Collection Development Coordinator (think Head of the Subject Selectors) sets up all trials and OKs any new journal subscriptions or database purchases. Deviation from this is not accepted. Good luck! -Meredith Meredith K. Lyon Firm Ordering/Receiving Supervisor California State University Northridge Oviatt Library (818)677-2261 voice (818)677-4928 fax From: ACQNET-L [mailto:acqnet-l-bounces_at_lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 9:47 AM To: acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: [ACQNET-L] Standard practice for purchasing databases Hello, The basic practice at my university for purchasing print monographs, ebooks, print journals and e-journals is for the subject selector to submit a purchase request to either the acquisitions tech (for books/ebooks) or the serials librarian (for journals). Databases were handled by a long time member of the reference department who will be retiring shortly and all electronic resource management will be with the serials librarian. Recently, the subject selectors have been dealing directly with vendors, setting up trials and submitting purchase requests for databases. This was not a change that was brought to the attention of the acquisitions staff. Is it standard practice at other libraries to have subject selectors completing the purchase process themselves? Thanks for the input. Leigh _______________________________________________ ACQNET-L mailing list ACQNET-L_at_lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/acqnet-l
