ACQNET v1n086 (June 13, 1991) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v1n086 ACQNET, Vol 1, No. 86, June 13, 1991 ==================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (8 lines) (2) FROM: Barbara Winters SUBJECT: ALA meeting announcement: ALCTS/RS Acquisitions Administrators Discussion Group (35 lines) (3) FROM: Judith Niles SUBJECT: ALA meeting announcement: ALCTS/RS Acquisitions Committee, Guides Subcommittee, preservation (17 lines) (4) FROM: Jana Longberger SUBJECT: ALA meeting announcement: ALCTS/SS Acquisitions Committee public forum (10 lines) (5) FROM: Barbara Winters SUBJECT: ALA meeting announcementL: ALCTS Automated Acquisitions/In- Process Control Systems in Libraries Discussion Group, automa- tion, selection (53 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: June 13, 1991 From: Christian Boissonnas Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Peter Stevens Glenna Dunning Head, Acquisitions Division Head, Acquisitions Department University of Washington Libr. Occidental College Library E-mail: STEVENS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU E-mail: DUNNING@OXY.EDU (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 17:05 EDT From: Barbara Winters Subject: Announcement re Atlanta Meeting of Acquisitions Administrators' DG "The Acquisitions Librarian as Change Agent" is the topic for discussion at the summer meeting of the Acquisitions Administrators' Discussion Group. Ross Atkinson, Assistant University Librarian for Collection Development at Cornell, is the discussion initiator. He will discuss the current and future structure of information services and the potential role of acquisitions in that structure. According to Atkinson, "Acquisitions is the library's connection with the publishing industry. If the library plans, as it must do, radically to alter that relationship (possibly by publishing more of its information itself), then acquisitions has the potential to be a key player in this deep-seated restruc- turing....Acquisitions must turn some of its attention now from 'managing' (processing, streamlining, vendor contacts) to studying information flow and technology in preparation for the adjustments which libraries must inevitably make. If, however, acquisitions associates itself exclusively with the conditions of today, and if those conditions are changed by severing some of the relationships between the library and the commercial publishing sector, then acquisitions is very likely to be one casualty of that revolution." A short business meeting will be held before the discussion to elect a new vice-chair/chair-elect. Betsy Kruger, Assistant Acquisitions Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been nominated. Other nomina- tions will be accepted from the floor. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 2, 11:30-1:00, in room 307E of the Georgia World Congress Center. This meeting immediately follows the meeting of the Acquisitions Librarians/Vendors of Library Materials Discussion Group, which also convenes in the Center. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Barbara Winters (BWINTERS@VCUVAX.BITNET) (804-367-1094) (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 09:19:15 EDT From: Judith Niles Subject: Acquisitions Guide Hearing This is a reminder, with location information, of the RS Acquisitions Committee Guides Subcommittee Hearing on the _GUIDE TO PRESERVATION IN ACQUISITION PROCESSING_. The hearing will be in the Tara 3 room at the Radisson Hotel, Sunday, June 30, at 9:0O. Copies of the draft _GUIDE_ will be available at the Hearing, or can be obtained in advance from the author: Marsha Hamilton Head, Monograph Acquisition Division The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Avenue Mall Columbus, OH 43210-1286 BITNET: MARSHAH@OHSTMVSA.BITNET Phone: 614-235-0320 x-2106 FAX: 614-292-7859 (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 91 12:04:46 EDT From: Jana Longberger Subject: Meeting announcement: ALCTS/SS Acquisitions Committee public forum "The ALCTS Serials Section Acquisitions Committee will hold a public forum at ALA's Annual Conference. The purpose of this forum is to share information on topics of mutual interest, and to solicit ideas for future directions the committee may wish to explore. It's scheduled for Monday, July 1, from 11:30-12:30 in the Georgia World Congress Center - 163W. Persons interested in serials acquisitions issues are invited to participate." (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 91 10:47 EDT From: Barbara Winters Subject: Meeting Announcement - Auto ACQ/In Process Control Systems DG "Automation and the Selection Process" is the topic for discussion at the summer meeting of the ALCTS Automated Acquisitions/In-Process Control Systems in Libraries Discussion Group. According to an informal survey conducted in the winter, many librarians have considered automated applications in the pre- process stage of collection building, such as accepting purchase requests electronically, but most also indicated that they have not yet begun to plan for implementation. Stephen Marine, Head of Technical Services at the University of Cincinnati Libraries, will moderate the discussion. There are four discussion initiators: M. E. Brennan, Technical Catalog Coordinator for AT&T Bell Laboratories, will discuss how researchers, both in their New Jersey headquarters and from 35 remote sites across the country, submit order requests electronically. This special library is an Innovative Interfaces site. Doina Farkas, Chair, Acquisitions Department at the University of Florida Libraries in Gainesville, will describe a pilot project still in the planning stages. A request form has been developed on double Helix (dBase software for the MacIntosh) to allow selectors to enter request information, which will then be imported into NOTIS from microcomputers. The goal is to implement electron- ic input of requests for all selectors' orders by fiscal year 92/93. Mean- while, pilot projects are planned. John M. Meador, Jr., Dean of Library Services, and Lynn Cline, Head of Acquisi- tions and Collection Development at Southwest Missouri State University Library (SMSU), will describe development of a bibliographers' workstation from the grant writing stage through implementation. According to SMSU publicity, this workstation brings together "in a hypertext environment information from a number of disparate sources with which collection decisions can be made. The workstation is constructed from the basic steps in the collection development process: the identification of materials, their evaluation, selection, and ultimately their acquisitions." Data in four different categories are re- trieved: bibliographic, critical or contextual, financial, and commercial. "In addition to data contained within the workstation, pathways are provided to such external databases as BIP+ Reviews, the local online database, and the online financial data for the library" (NOTIS). A grant was successfully obtained from Apple Computer, Inc., to fund this project. A short business meeting will be held before the discussion to elect a new vice-chair/chair-elect. Julie Gammon, Head, Acquisitions Department at the University of Akron Library, has been nominated for the office. Nominations will be accepted from the floor, as well. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 1, 9:00-11:00, in room 261W of the Georgia World Congress Center. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Barbara Winters (BWINTERS@VCUVAX.BITNET) 804-367-1094 ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE *****