ACQNET v2n054 (April 24, 1992) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v2n054 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 54, April 24, 1992 ====================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (12 lines) (2) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: ACQNET suspended (8 lines) (3) FROM: Diane Hillmann SUBJECT: Everett, vendors on ACQNET (18 lines) (4) FROM: Deborah Fetch SUBJECT: British dissertations (11 lines) (5) FROM: Andy Stancliffe SUBJECT: Pakistani vendors (17 lines) (6) FROM: Tove Rosado SUBJECT: Pakistani vendors (7 lines) (7) FROM: Tove Rosado SUBJECT: Unsolicited books (12 lines) (8) FROM: Jian Liu SUBJECT: University of Nebraska Press, telnet-accessible publishers' catalogs (29 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: April 24, 1992 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Maggie Newman Acquisitions Manager Australian & Overseas Telecommunications Corp. E-mail: M.NEWMAN@TRL.OZ.AU Jane C. Maurer Colorado State University Library E-mail: CONFERENCE=USER%ADMIN%LIBRARIES@VINES.COLOSTATE.EDU (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 92 21:24:40 EDT From: Christian Subject: ACQNET suspended With this issue, as I announced earlier, we stop for one week. Charleston, S.C. is beckoning me with its beaches, restaurants, and my parents who have returned there from their winter migration. The next issue will be sent sometime in the first 5 days of May. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 09:00:02 EDT From: Diane Hillmann Subject: Everett, vendors on ACQNET It was interesting to see from the Everett correspondence how easily such errors in judgment are made, and how, when they're pointed out, an honest apology can be offered. I agree with Christian that such a use of ACQNET is inappropriate, but I also disagree with Douglas Duchin that a closing of the door to commercial vendors is the answer. By monitoring ACQNET, a vendor has the opportunity to see how we work, and what our problems and issues are, in a way that is open and real. Why should we be paranoid about revealing this to them? The insights that an interested vendor can gain by monitoring ACQNET could be very valuable to us, their customers. A vendor that is willing to contribute something as well can offer us some insights that we might otherwise not have access to--and I'd hate to give up that possibility. Would that some of our problem vendors cared enough about what we thought to subscribe to ACQNET! (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1992 10:31 EST From: Deborah Fetch Subject: British Theses In response to Cara Beth Stevenson's query on purchasing British theses, Penn State Univ. Libraries does not acquire British theses because of the provision in the British copyright law she cited. Our interlibrary loan department acts as the purchasing agent for patrons who wish to purchase individual copies. Occasionally, a thesis is available from interlibrary loan sources. I would be interested in hearing if other libraries interpret British copyright different- ly. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 08:40 PDT From: Andy Stancliffe Subject: Pakistani vendor In response to Karen Schmidt's question on ACQNET: At UCLA we have ordered Pakistani monographs from: Al-Abbas International P.O. Box N.1881, Rana Chambers 2-Dil Muhammad Road Lahore, Pakistan To the best of my knowledge, we haven't placed any orders with them in the past year, but as recently as 1990 they were responsive and able to supply every- thing we ordered. I believe they send proforma invoices and require prepay- ment. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 08:56:19 EST From: Tove Rosado Subject: Pakistani vendors Over the past few years we have used - AL-ABBAS INTERNATIONAL, Rana Chambers, No. 2 Dil Muhammad Road, LAHORE, Pakistan - They have given us good service, seems to be able to supply wanted books, and do not require pre-payment. (7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 08:36:11 EST From: Tove Rosado Subject: Unsolicited books I totally agree with Maggie that we have to tell publishers that we are NOT interested in unsolicited books. Regardless how you handle them they end up taking a lot of staff-time. We finally managed to stop Warren, Gorham & La- mont shipping unwanted titles by informing them in writing that they would not be returned. Another nuisance are videos sent for review! (8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 92 21:39 EST From: Jian Liu Subject: Telnet to University Press [From Jian Liu I received an announcement which might be considered by some as advertising. The Editorial Board reviewed it and decided to publish it because it is new and acquisitions people ought to know about it. I have substantially edited Jian Liu's message and the announcement. C.] A university press has made its catalog of publications available through telnet and is interested in feedback from the acquisitions community. The press is the University of Nebraska Press which recently unveiled a telnet-acc- essible on-line catalog of over 1700 books. More than 1100 titles have descriptive blurbs attached to them. Full-text searches of either author/title or descriptive blurbs are possible in this system. Instructions for accessing the service: telnet crcvms.unl.edu login info go to (7), University Press Follow the screens from there. This resource is quite new, and the Press would like whatever feedback it can get from users. Please send comments and/or complaints to: Michael Jensen jensen@unlinfo.unl.edu ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 54 ****** END OF FILE *******