Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:02:27 -0400
To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org
The main question is what are the reasons for the notifications? My philosophy is to suggest to faculty that they only ask for notifications for emergencies (book needed for a class or their own research deadline in next few days/weeks) so that everything goes through the pipeline faster for everyone and we're only alerting them when they most need the alert (done at point when the book is ready to be checked out -- by email, sometimes library system generated, sometimes not). Also at the end of the fiscal year, we can provide faculty with a report from the library system of all titles ordered on the relevant fund code for the ones who want it. For faculty selection, with GOBI, and possibly other vendor databases, you can give faculty logins to make their own selections electronically. Lauren -- Lauren Corbett Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University 336-758-6136 ISNI: 0000 0003 5170 369X On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Atwell, Mary <atwell_at_hood.edu> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > > > We are taking a second look at our acquisitions workflow after making some > major changes over the past two years to streamline ordering. Most of our > orders are generated by faculty sending us Choice cards noted with their > own recommendations for purchase. We purchase books based upon those > recommendations (based upon our parameters and fund availability). Once > the books are in and cataloged, we send back the Choice card with the call > numbers on the back. > > > > We are no longer subscribing to physical Choice cards, and I’m not a huge > fan of this method anyway as the faculty are notified as long as two months > after they submit the cards (occasionally longer). This method also > doesn’t work when purchasing e-books. Does anyone have alternative methods > to recommend for faculty notification? Does anyone notify faculty > immediately upon ordering, with the caveat that the “on the shelf” date is > approximately a month to 6 weeks? > > > > Thanks so much, > > > > Mary > > > > Mary Atwell > > Archivist and CDS Manager > > 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick, MD 21701 > > Phone 301-696-3873 <(301)%20696-3873>, 3933 > > Email atwell_at_hood.edu > > > > > > > > > > >
