ACQNET v1n069 (May 6, 1991) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v1n069 ACQNET, Vol 1, No. 69, May 6, 1991 ================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (13 lines) (2) FROM: Barbara Winters SUBJECT: Computer virus, Marcel Dekker software (12 lines) (3) FROM: Helen Reed SUBJECT: Buckley-Little Book Catalog (13 lines) (4) FROM: Marsha Hamilton SUBJECT: British theses (18 lines) (5) FROM: Gay Dannelly SUBJECT: British theses, Center for Research Libraries (19 lines) (6) FROM: Carol Lawrence SUBJECT: Karger (57 lines) (7) FROM: Karen Schmidt SUBJECT: Eating in Atlanta (8 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: May 6, 1991 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Ellen Finnie Duranceau Erwin K. Welsch Assistant Acquisitions Librarian European History Librarian MIT Libraries University of Wisconsin - Madison E-mail: EFINNIE@ATHENA.MIT.EDU E-mail: EWELSCH@WISCMACC.BITNET Viveca Seymour Head, Acquisitions & Serials Dept. Hoover Institution Library E-mail: SEYMOUR@HOOVER.BITNET (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 May 91 09:05 EDT From: Barbara Winters Subject: Computer virus No doubt everyone has been notified of this by now, but just in case.... Marcel Dekker is notifying its customers that the following title contains a computer disk which MAY be infected with a virus: _SAFE PRODUCT DESIGN IN LAW, MANAGEMENT, AND ENGINEERING_ (Herman R. Heideklang). Dekker will replace the disk and is asking customers to destroy the original disk. We got this information from our approval vendor. I'd be interested to know how many other librarians have received notification and from whom. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 May 91 16:11:21 mst From: Helen Reed Subject: Buckley-Little Catalogue In response to your inquiry about the Buckley-Little Catalogue I am not aware of current information but I can add a couple of years to their history. I have a 2nd edition (1985) of their catalog. At that time their address was: P.O. Box 512, Canal Street Station, New York, NY 10013. The preface to this 2nd edition indicates that the catalog contains "more than 800 titles." The 2 page introduction to the catalog tells of their "success" in the first years. Don't ask me why I remember this bit of trivia when more recent, relevant things elude me!! I guess it always seemed an odd but interesting concept. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 06 May 91 11:27 EDT From: "Marsha Hamilton" Subject: British theses In response to Joyce Ogburn's discussion of British theses, we have on occasion requested a British thesis only to get the form which restricts its use. In good conscience, we cannot sign the form because we have no mechanism to restrict the use of a title in the library stacks. Instead, we have attempted to track down the author to obtain permission for unrestricted use. Unfortu- nately, this can take a long time. Another option which is much more costly is to make the thesis available to the requestor without adding it to the collections. Has anyone (with lots of spare money) tried that option? This raises another question. Has anyone or organization ever written the BL about this policy to see if American libraries could get an exception or is the policy specifically written to keep libraries from doing what we are trying to do? (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 06 May 91 15:04 EDT From: "Gay N. Dannelly" Subject: CRL and British Dissertations In response to Joyce Ogburn's question on British dissertations, I consulted the very new edition of the Center for Research Libraries Handbook. It states "The Center attempt to provide comprehensive access dissertations (Ph.D); therefore, except for the geographic exceptions of U.S. and Canadian universi- ties, all dates, subjects and languages are represented in its collection. The Center may be unable to acquire some dissertations because the author cannot be located to give permission to copy or withholds permission to copy, or the awarding university lacks copying facilities." CRL has a large number of exchanges or deposits with specific foreign universities and this is also detailed in their handbook, pages 20-22. It does not include British universi- ties, although they will acquire them as requested. It sounds as though they have the same problems with dissertation copyright issues that the rest of us have. I have encouraged our collection managers to acquire dissertations only when they will be used heavily and to rely on CRL for foreign dissertations in general. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 May 1991 12:13 EST From: Carol Lawrence Subject: Karger KARGER [letterhead} Sent by Fax Carol Lawrence [etc.] World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics Vol. 66, Health Effects of w3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Seefoods [sic] 30.4.91 tk/gb Dear Mrs. Lawrence We refer to your fax April 25 informing us that you consider the price of US$ 412.90 too high for the above volume. While this matter is an annoying one for you, it is for me justification for the battle I have been fighting and lost in connection with the issue to split this volume up in two, or even three sections. Instead of having one volume of 600 pages we would then have had three volumes of 200 pages each as usual and of course each one at the usual price. Furthermore, this might also have involved the advantage of being able to offer to the interested reader different subjects or volumes to choose from. Also the weight and hence the high postage charges could have been avoided. By taking these facts to the attention of the editors, cancellation as you have now decided upon could have been avoided. The staff responsible for this unwise procedure in connection with the above mentioned volume has been informed accordingly. Please be assured that the following volumes will be as the previous one and the price therefore on the average of US$ 150.-. We understand your situation and the awkwardness of it. We wonder in which form we might accommodate your library to make you reconsider cancellation of this series resulting from a dispute in connection with an isolated incident. This especially as this series is a very highly respected one and the volume in question enjoyed very positive critics and seems to be the basic handbook in this field. By the way, this is the reason why we could not persuade the people in charge to split up the contents. We hope very much for your kind consideration in this matter and trust you will succeed in finding a compromise. Looking forward to hear from you further, we remain with best regards, [Signature not visible on fax-- from initials above assume it's from Dr. Thomas Karger to whom I addressed my original letter.] (7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 6 May 1991 13:10:49 CDT From: Karen Schmidt Subject: Eating in Atlanta Christian, here's a query for Richard Jasper, our resident Atlantean (y'all know what I mean?): Richard, give us the early inside info. on the grand and wonderful places to eat in Atlanta (and if you could mention one or two Japanese and/or vegetarian restaurants, we'all wouldn't be complainin'...) Thanks! ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE *****