ACQNET v1n073 (May 9, 1991) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v1n073 ACQNET, Vol 1, No. 73, May 9, 1991 ================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (21 lines) (2) FROM: Donna Alsbury SUBJECT: Acquisitions/collection development, accounting (19 lines) (3) FROM: Roseann Bazirjian SUBJECT: Donated serials, gift subscriptions, ethics (17 lines) (4) FROM: Anne McKee SUBJECT: Donated serials, gift subscriptions, ethics (7 lines) (5) FROM: Jim Mumm SUBJECT: Donated serials, gift subscriptions, ethics, collection building (28 lines) (6) FROM: Katina Strauch SUBJECT: ALCTS reorganization, ALMS (12 lines) (7) FROM: Richard Jasper SUBJECT: Eating in Atlanta (51 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: May 9, 1991 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Leaping across oceans, after a brief stop in Taiwan a few weeks ago, we have now reached Australia and welcome: Janet Perfrement Acquisitions Librarian Australian Defence Force Academy E-mail: LIBACQ@CCADFA.ADFA.OZ.AU How long can Europe remain unconquered? We also welcome: Jim Mumm Acquisitions / Serials Librarian Marquette University Law Library E-mail: 9724MUMMJ@MUCSD.BITNET (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 08 May 91 20:26:27 EDT From: Donna Alsbury Subject: Acquisitions/Collection Development It has been mentioned that a source of conflict between acquisitions and collection development could be who controls the purse strings. But another source may be who is RESPONSIBLE for the purse itself. Libraries do not exist in a vacuum. Somehow they are always bound by restrictions imposed by univer- sity (county, city, school district) accounting offices not to mention state comptrollers and the like. When something is amiss, the auditors don't swoop down on a bibliographer, they go to acquisitions. That means that us acq types end up having to say no. (No, you can't save your money 'till 30 days before the end of the fiscal year and then try to place all of your orders; no, you can't buy this collection and promise to pay for it over the next 5 years without running the contract by the University attorney; no, you can't place an order for something that has not been published (written, filmed, etc.). If we are lucky, explanation and education can do a lot to ease the conflict. But if we are not so lucky, we are viewed as being obstructionist and trying to hold onto our turf. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 May 91 08:38:29 EDT From: Rosann Bazirjian Subject: Gift Subscriptions- are they ethical? I think there are a number of issues to consider, and in some ways the question of whether gift subscriptions are ethical or not can be answered yes and no. Yes, they are ethical: 1. If the donor is an alumnus who wants to do something for the library. 2. If one remembers that the library is not obligated to accept the gift. 3. If one remembers that it is the publishers who have set two subscription rates, institutional and personal, and not the library. No, they are not ethical: 1. If the library cancels a "must have" title in order to accept a donation. I'm sure there are alot more categories that can be added to this list. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 09 May 91 08:32:17 EDT From: Anne McKee Subject: Donating "personal copy" subscriptions There was some discussion of this very topic sometime last year in the _News- letter on Serials Pricing Issues_ (I believe late in summer-early fall?) Can anyone recap? (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 May 1991 13:58 CDT From: Jim Mumm <9724MUMMJ@MUCSD.BITNET> Subject: Donating serials to libraries, ethics Just for the sake of argument: Are library ethics to be controlled by the publishers economic decisions??? I'm not suggesting that the Hauptman statement is necessarily wrong, but as an Acquisitions Librarian (emphasis on Acquisitions), do I not owe a responsibili- ty to my institution to search out the best economic means, within the realm of policy and ethical acceptability from the institution's point of view, to obtain material at the best price? When the question is brought up of building a collection based on donations, I think we may have a practical responsibility which supersedes the ethical question; that is, reliance on a donation does not insure completeness or timeliness of the acquisition. Perhaps the question to be asked when it comes to donations should not be: "Is this ethical?", but rather: "Do we want to build our collection based on donations?", or: "Can we get current information and assure that the collection will be kept complete as a result of a decision to accept donations?", or: "Will our relationship with a particular vendor (or vendors) be hampered because of a decision to accept donations?", or: "Will the institution and the patrons support a decision to accept donations over purchasing the material?" I'm not saying that I am siding with one perspective or another, but I feel these are questions which should be considered when discussing the "ethical" aspect of this issue. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 May 91 10:23 EDT From: Katina Strauch Subject: ALMS HEY CHRISTIAN -- THIS IS FOR ACQNET-- HELLO EVERYONE. I DON'T USUALLY LIKE TO COMMUNICATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT RICHARD'S COMMENT IN THE MOST RECENT ACQNET HAS INSPIRED ME. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL VOTE AGAINST THE NAME ALMS -- I THINK IT IS HORRIBLE. LIBRARIANS AND ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIANS ESPEC- IALLY HAVE ENOUGH OF AN IMAGE PROBLEM WITHOUT ENHANCING IT THROUGH SUCH AN ACRONYM. CHUCK H IN AN ACQNET WAY BACK WHEN HAD SOME MUCH BETTER ALTERNATIVES (I CAN'T FIND THEM OTHERWISE I'D WRITE THEM HERE). I'M GLAD THAT'S OFF MY CHEST. (7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 09 May 91 09:15:17 EDT From: Richard Jasper Subject: Atlanta eats This is always somewhat embarrassing. The thing one has to keep in mind is that (1) I don't work downtown, as William Meneeley does and (2) I have two pre- school-age children. Both factors severely limit my dining out expertise. William's suggestions are excellent, most especially because most of them are easily accessible by MARTA rail. Off the top of my head, I would add the following: DECATUR Buck's, 116 E. Ponce De Leon Avenue. American menu, moderately priced. If this were the midwinter meeting, I'd suggest the chicken pot pie and the hot chocolate, both of which knock your socks off. Across from the Courthouse on the Square, just above the Decatur MARTA station (on the east line). Oh, yes, Buck's is also located at Underground Atlanta, but I hear that it's overpriced because of the tourist trade. Buck's Decatur caters to Decaturites, i.e., people who really live here. MIDTOWN AND LENOX SQUARE Mick's. Very much like Buck's, since they're owned by the same folks. Great burgers, pasta and such, again moderately priced. And easily accessible from MARTA rail. Midtown Mick's is across from Crawford Long Hospital; take the north line, get off at North Avenue, east one block to Peachtree, south one block to Mick's. The other Mick's is in the (very large, three-story) food court at Lenox Square, the largest shopping mall in the southeast, home of Rich's, Macy's, Nieman-Marcus, and hundreds of specialty shops. Take the MARTA north line. There are bunches of other places that have excellent reputations (Coach & Six, Pano's and Paul's, the Buckhead Diner, etc.) which aren't as easily accessible by public transportation. I've recently discovered a good publication, WHERE IN ATLANTA, which does a good job of listing the better known restaurants and how to get to them. Look for it when you get here. As for BARBECUE and HUSH PUPPIES: I'm not a big barbecue fanatic but I *LOVE* hush puppies (you do get addicted to them growing up on the Gulf Coast). My personal favorites are to be found at Dusty's, a very SMALL barbecue place located conveniently close to Emory at the corner of Clifton and Briarcliff roads in NE Atlanta. Somewhat limited seating, modestly priced, and a passion for artistic renderings of pigs... [With Richard's contribution on Atlanta gastronomique, unless there is some really incredible omission or extraordinary new place opening up in the next month, we close this line of discussion to be reopened, if you want, before we all traipse to San Antonio next winter. C.] ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE *****