What Brian described is basically how I've operated here at Wake Forest
University and previously at Emory University:
> Selectors can investigate, set up trials, and even negotiate a potential
> sale price. For trials, the e-resource librarian and i need to be notified
> so we can make sure others know, stats are explored, etc. Actual official
> purchases are sent in by acquisitions team. Librarians cannot commit to a
> purchase.
Lauren
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Lauren Corbett
Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
336-758-6136
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:53 PM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> Selectors can investigate, set up trials, and even negotiate a potential
> sale price. For trials, the e-resource librarian and i need to be notified
> so we can make sure others know, stats are explored, etc. Actual official
> purchases are sent in by acquisitions team. Librarians cannot commit to a
> purchase.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
>
> Brian C. Gray, MLIS
> Team Leader, Research Services
> Librarian: Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
> Email: brian.c.gray_at_case.edu
> Kelvin Smith Library 201-K
>
> Office hours in Nord Hall: http://researchguides.case.edu/profile/bcg8
>
> Case Western Reserve University
> Kelvin Smith Library
> 11055 Euclid Avenue
> Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
> Phone: (216) 368-8685
> Fax: (216) 368-3669
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:17 PM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
>> We require all database trials to go through e-resources librarian, who
>> keeps everyone informed of trial status and harvests usage data. Purchase
>> decisions go through cd librarian, who copies order emails to e-resources
>> and acquisitions librarians.
>>
>> Letting multiple people place subscription orders is a good way to get
>> into trouble with budget, as the funds should be encumbered at time of
>> order. Also, multiple people ordering increases chance that access links
>> won't be properly updated and licenses won't be negotiated to meet state
>> and university requirements.
>>
>> Ginger
>> Wichita State University
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> > On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:22 PM, "acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org" <
>> acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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
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