ACQNET v1n066 (May 2, 1991) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v1n066 ACQNET, Vol 1, No. 66, May 2, 1991 ================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (19 lines) (2) FROM: Anna Belle Leiserson SUBJECT: Commerce Clearing House (13 lines) (3) FROM: Joyce Ogburn SUBJECT: British doctoral theses (11 lines) (4) FROM: Joyce Ogburn SUBJECT: Acquisitions profession, tenets of acquisitions (22 lines) (5) FROM: Karen Schmidt SUBJECT: Acquisitions/Collection development (17 lines) (6) FROM: Karen Schmidt SUBJECT: _Code of Federal Regulations_ (12 lines) (7) FROM: Karen Schmidt SUBJECT: BIOSIS (10 lines) (8) FROM: James Mouw SUBJECT: Karger (19 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: May 2, 1991 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Libby Cooley Sandra D. Telfer Asst. Dir. for Collection Services Manager, Monograph Acquisitions Univ. of Virginia Health Sci. Ctr. University of Calgary Libraries E-mail: 3669EAC@PRIME.ACC. E-mail: SDTELFER@UNCAMULT.BITNET VIRGINIA.EDU Peter Scott Betsy Games Order Unit Manager Wellesley College Library Univ. of Saskatchewan Libraries E-mail: EGAMES@LUCY.WELLESLEY.EDU E-mail: SCOTT@SKLIB.USASK.CA Ellen Finnie Duranceau Jim Coleman Assistant Acquisitions Librarian Sr. Program Officer for Coll. Devel. MIT Libraries Research Libraries Group, Inc. E-mail: EFINNIE@ATHENA.MIT.EDU E-mail: BL.JWC@RLG.BITNET (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 May 91 08:27 CDT From: Anna Belle Leiserson Subject: Commerce Clearing House renewals In response to Melissa Surber's question about Commerce Clearing House (CCH), several times we have had to cancel CCH subscriptions on short notice, and the fact that I have signed their slips has not caused any problems. I too wonder about their price lock-in procedures, but am not concerned as over the last five years their price increases have been consistently the lowest of all the major law publishers we reviews. 1989/90 saw a 6.26 % increase, 1988/89 a 6.15% increase, 1987/88 a 6.14% increase, etc. If anything, CCH is astonishingly consistent and low. By contrast, the Bureau of National Affairs has been rising between 9 and 10% per annum. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1 May 91 13:10:27 U From: "Joyce Ogburn" Subject: British theses Are you acquiring British doctoral theses for your library? My understanding is that libraries cannot purchase theses for their collections because of restrictions of British copyright law. The British Library will make theses available to requestors who sign a form stating that they are the sole user and will abide by the copyright restrictions on use. Under these circumstances, how can we purchase a thesis for a collection with the potential for it being used by more than one patron? (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1 May 91 13:16:24 U From: "Joyce Ogburn" Subject: Acquisitions tenets As part of my continual quest to describe the acquisitions professional, I have developed some tenets of acquisitions: conditions without which we could not function. I'm sure some of these will seem amusing on the surface, but in actuality, we are dependent on these tenets. Please send me (or ACQNET) comments on this first attempt. Additions/changes are welcome. THE TENETS OF ACQUISITIONS Publishing is regular, quantifiable, and predictable. Publishing is often governed by patterns, which are predictable. The publishing industry is viable. Publications are describable, identifiable, and accessible. Suppliers and publishers are trustworthy and knowledgeable. Libraries, publishers, and suppliers share a common language. The process of acquiring publications is controllable. Acquiring publications involves costs. Accountability is implicit in the process of acquiring publications. There are exceptions which deviate from the norm. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1 May 1991 15:06:56 CDT From: Karen Schmidt Subject: Acquisitions/Collection development I do have an opinion about the tension between acquisitions and collection development librarians. In my own situation, I work with a collection develop- ment librarian who is a true colleague and genuinely swell fellow so there isn't the tension here, but I have observed that c.d. people can have the tendency to lord or lady it over the acquisitions librarian - something like what happens between reference librarians and cataloguers. It's an interesting phenomenon, since c.d. grew out of acquisitions. Somehow, acquisitions got the short end of the stick. I suppose it has to do with power and money. Once control of the budget moved from acquisitions librarians' hands into c.d. librarians' hands, the power went with it. This is all speculation on my part, however, and it would be interesting to hear (albeit anonymously) about acquisitions librarians who could support this idea or shed some other light on the topic. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1 May 1991 15:06:56 CDT From: Karen Schmidt Subject: _Code of Federal Regulations_ Is anyone out there familiar with the _Code of Federal Regulations_ that says that, if a person pays an individual rate for a subscription and then gives the issues resulting from that subscription to the library (which would otherwise be paying the institutional rate for the issues), that person must wait 7 years before he/she can donate the issues to the library? This question has arisen here within one of our departmental libraries and the librarian wants to know if she has to wait until 1998 to accept 1991 periodical issues. Any and all help appreciated. (7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1 May 1991 15:06:56 CDT From: Karen Schmidt Subject: BIOSIS Has anyone received a mailing from BIOSIS quoting substantial savings on their paper and CD-ROM indexes? I compared the price we paid this past year for their products with the price they are quoting on the new flyers (the so-called substantial saving and found they were exactly the same. Our biology librarian would like to know how many other librarians were falsely elated at the news! Thanks. (8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 May 91 10:42:07 CDT From: James Mouw Subject: _World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics_ Carole Lawrence noted the large price increase for volume 66 of _World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics_ (Karger) in the most recent ACQNET. The University of Chicago has not yet been billed for volume 66, but a scan of our fiscal file shows that this title has had a history of price irregularity. Way back in 1969 and 1970, v. 11 was $19.50 and v. 12 was $38.38. In 1977/78 v. 26 was $74.06, v. 27 was $46.67 and v. 28 was $72.77. This pattern continues, with various volumes being priced significantly higher than either previous or subsequent numbers. The highest price I show was $214.44 for v. 57 in 1988. The price then stabilized at around $150-$160 for the next several volumes. Let us hope that the price for v. 66 was an aberration. Note: my prices may reflect the inclusion of service charges and may not be the actual list price. ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE *****