ACQNET v1n036 (February 26, 1991) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v1n036 ACQNET, Vol 1, No. 36, February 26, 1991 ======================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (8 lines) (2) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Marilyn Wilson (10 lines) (3) FROM: Ann Okerson SUBJECT: Ownership vs. access (53 lines) (4) FROM: Marsha Clark SUBJECT: Staff use of radio/cassette players (12 lines) (5) FROM: Judy Johnson SUBJECT: Staff use of radio/cassette players (17 lines) (6) FROM: Scott Wicks SUBJECT: Buying Lebanese titles (9 lines) (7) FROM: Scott Wicks SUBJECT: Out-of-print Canadian titles, OP byuing in general (18 lines) (8) FROM: Joe Barker SUBJECT: Surplus library materials (20 lines) (9) FROM: Scott Wicks SUBJECT: Booksellers who do not bill, prepayments (14 lines) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: February 26, 1991 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today James Mouw Sharon Gasser Head of Serials Acquisitions Librarian University of Chicago James Madison University E-mail: MOUW@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU E-mail: FAC_SGASSER@JMUVAX1.BITNET (2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 91 18:37:24 PST From: Marilyn Wilson Subject: Retirement I have mixed feelings about reporting that I will be retiring from UCSD as of April 1st, taking advantage of an early retirement incentive program here at the University of California--you may have heard of others who have accepted the "golden handshake" by now. I will certainly miss my involvement in ALA and seeing all of you out there on a regular basis. But I am not out the door yet, so please don't take me off the ACQNET mailing list! I will tell you when. (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 05:13:28 EST From: Ann Okerson Subject: Ownership/access I refer here to the question about the extent to which "access" is formally adopted as part of a library collections policy. It's my sense that such incorporation is occurring in a number of places. I've seen a little documen- tation and several inquiries from ARL libraries that suggest real activities and will leave it to them to describe their policies. The ARL Statistics Committee is working diligently to try to determine what are good measures of access vs. collecting (in spite of criticisms about how wedded these libraries are to "traditional" collections and how they must demonstrate leadership -- the will and determination to do this is very much present but the measures are complex, diverse). The institution I can offer up as a good example of "access" orientation is my former library employer, Simon Fraser University, a mid-sized research institu- tion in Vancouver (really Burnaby), BC, Canada. Its commitments go back into the 70s when Canadian exchange rate and recession became a problem, particular- ly for serials purchasing. The organization consciously decided, back at a time when virtually no other North American Library was planning long-term, that collection size was not the way to go. By the early 80s there were written statements to the effect that the 20 year plan was to remain contained within the same building and to pursue every form of miniaturization and technological assistance to this end. The institutional context was somewhat helpful. A "new" university created in 1965, SFU was automated from the beginning and at that time in advance of the pack (first online circ system mounted in late 60s -- dropped because of high expense at that time). The programs have always been interdisciplinary and the vision often innovative. Certainly one of the real innovators was Chief Librarian Ted Dobb (still is), in coining the terms "primary collection" for material purchased and stored in-house and "secondary collection" for materials accessed in any form. In a paper given at Charleston meeting (1988?) and appearing the following year in LAPT, I described the SFU philosophy and quoted a little from its policies. Contacts there would be Ted Dobb University Librarian Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 604-291-3265 (I think), or Sharon Thomas Collection Management Librarian Sorry, I don't have e-mail addresses at hand. Also, on February 4th at the Association of American Publishers/PSP annual conference, in a breakout session on academic libraries, Jay Lucker, Director at MIT, mentioned that 10% of the MIT budget is spent on access, i.e., mater- ials which are never owned by the library. I think he meant an assortment of things: Dialog dialup, document delivery, bibliographic services, ILL, etc. (4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 91 14:02 EST From: Marsha Clark Subject: Personal radios for staff members NYU has no library-wide policy on the use of personal radios by staff members. However, many of the staff in technical services use them. I feel that it may increase productivity sometimes as people sit at terminals and are not dis- tracted by folks around them. On the other hand, some people play them loud and earphones "leak" so, occasionally, we need to remind people about volume! In general, in public services areas, radios are frowned upon because it makes staff appear unapproachable. (5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 16:21:15 -0600 From: Judy Johnson Subject: Staff use of personal radio/cassette players The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has allowed staff to use "walkman" radios for several years. We wrote the policy for the Technical Services area as follows: "In room 209N, radios and cassette players with earphones may be used unless the employee's work is adversely affected or unless other employees are distracted. Limiting use of these items may be requested by supervisors." So far, we haven't had any problem with the policy. Employees are asked to be sure their earphones don't "bleed" so that sound escapes which might cause annoyance to those around them. The policy has extended unofficially, and now staff use the "walkmans" when they are in the public area doing routine work; e.g. filing looseleaf services, shelving books, etc. (6) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 12:19:53 EST From: Scott Wicks Subject: Acquisition of Lebanese titles In the past Cornell has used Sulaiman's Bookshop to acquire such materials. With the escalated destruction within Lebanon, we lost touch with this dealer. Now that much of the fighting has ceased, I am wondering if any of you have heard from Sulaiman's with a new address or if any of you have other sources for Lebanese acquisitions. (7) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 16:19:24 EST From: Scott Wicks Subject: OP Procedures / Antiquarian Book Dealers in Canada Would someone be willing to share information re: Antiquarian / OP Dealers operating out of Canada? I currently have a request for a Press Porcepic (Erin, Ontario : 1974) title and haven't any idea where I might inquire as to a 2nd-hand copy. I've only been able to verify its OP status. A side issue: I am interested in what procedures others of you might employ when faced with a request for an OP title (I'm mainly interested in monographs, but would like to hear about serials as well.) Do you save several and compile a periodic desiderata list? Advertise in TAAB (by list? by title?) Use a select few OP dealers (one on the west coast, one in the midwest, one on the east coast)? Use BookQuest? Are there categories of materials which you absolutely REFUSE to pursue? Under what circumstances might you attempt to secure a photoduplication or microform copy from another institution? How successful has that been? (8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 11:30:29 PST From: Joe Barker Subject: Surplus library materials At Berkeley we sell over $75,000/yr of gifts and other unwanted duplicates. We sell to dealers and to walk-in's at our store in the library, open four part-days every week. The selection of bookdealers is based on experience, opportunity, advertising, grapevine, etc. Call me for more information if you wish (415-642-0591). A number of libraries do this, and each has a different set of sales opportuni- ties, based on location, type of materials, etc. Our experience is not any solution to anyone else's problems, but we have been doing sales for years. UCLA still has a large sales operation, I believe. We consider all of the proceeds to belong to the AUL/Collections. He may sub-allocate as he sees fit. Usually he will return to a branch unit head or selector all or part of a gift generated solely by him or her. It's discre- tionary funding. (9) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 16:13:50 EST From: Scott Wicks Subject: Response to R. Miller: Prepay w/o invoice As I pontificated in an earlier issue of ACQNET, Cornell uses vendors as much as possible and thus avoids much of the need for prepaid ordering. For the few exceptions, we use our purchase order as a mock pro-forma invoice adhering to whatever proscriptions are imposed from on high (the Accounting Office.) We do ask the selector involved if s/he is willing to risk $X.00 before we even begin. It doesn't happen too often, but occasionally we get burned and lose $$$. ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE *****