ACQNET v2n058 (May 27, 1992) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v2n058 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 58, May 27, 1992 ==================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (8 lines) (2) FROM: Karen Muller SUBJECT: Gille imprints (12 lines) (3) FROM: Bob Schatz SUBJECT: Gille imprints (10 lines) (4) FROM: Clarice Luce SUBJECT: Individual vs. institutional serial subscriptions (11 lines) (5) FROM: Peter Stevens SUBJECT: Music score vendors (9 lines) (6) FROM: Thelma Diercks SUBJECT: Music score vendors (35 lines) (7) FROM: Peter Stevens SUBJECT: Canadian vendors (12 lines) (8) FROM: Brian McLaughlin SUBJECT: African vendors (6 lines) (9) FROM: Scott Wicks SUBJECT: Postal strike in Ireland (15 lines) (10) FROM: Nancy Knipe SUBJECT: Electronic ordering (19 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: May 27, 1992 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Patricia Hanford Acquisitions/Periodicals Librarian Union College Library E-mail: HANFORDP@UNION.BITNET (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 26 May 1992 07:27:05 CDT From: Karen Muller Subject: Gille list The ALCTS office (as the successor to the RTSD office) makes available--at no charge, though a self-addressed, stamped envelope is always appreciated--the Gille list. The list was partially updated in 1988 and is under review and revision by a subcommittee of the ALCTS Publisher-Vendor/Library Relations Committee (PVLR). Send requests for the list to: Gille list, ALCTS Office, 50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue May 26 20:37:40 GMT 1992 From: Bob Schatz Subject: Gille and Flumiani imprints ACQNET participants may be interested in how Academic Book Center handles Gille and Flumiani imprints. These imprints have been loaded into our publisher file with the annotation "RISK". If an order comes to us for one of these imprints, the order is returned to the library with a message warning that pursuing the order further will likely result in the loss of funds and either no resultant book or receipt of a book with essentially no value. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 May 1992 08:45 CDT From: Clarice Luce Subject: Individual vs. institutional serial subscriptions In response to Karen Schmidt's inquiry about individual vs. institutional serial subscriptions: The _Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues_, No. 30 (May 16, 1992) contained a letter from J. Kumar Patel of Elsevier explaining the reasoning behind Elsev- ier's Library vs. Personal editions of -Immunology Today_ and other Trends Journals. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 May 1992 10:45:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Stevens Subject: Music score vendors Due to some dissatisfaction with our music scores vendors, we started using Eble Music (P.O. Box 2570, Iowa City, Iowa 52240; 319-338-0313) back in January of 1991. We've been very happy with their service. They supply scores in an average of 40 days and at an average discount of 8%, based on about $ 1,600-worth of ordering. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 May 1992 11:56:20 HST From: Thelma Diercks Subject: Music Score Vendors About a year ago the listserv for the Music Library Association posted a summary of a survey regarding vendors for both scores and sound recordings. Our experience at the U. of Hawaii closely matched the respondents. 1. We use European American Retail Music for U.S. and Canadian scores. P. O. Box 850, Valley Forge, PA 19482 ph: (215) 648-0504 fax: (215) 993-0563 Ask Charles Slater about electronic ordering. 2. We use Blackwell's Music Library Service for U.K. and Commonwealth scores. Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford OX1 2ET England ph: 0865 792792 ext. 294 fax: 0865 249843 3. We use Otto Harrassowitz for continental European scores. Check with Jane Maddox for information. P. O. Box 10, Columbia, MD 21045-0010 ph: 800-642-2999 A U.S. firm we've used, but not recently is Jerona Music Corporation P. O. Box 5010, Hackensack, NJ 07606-4210 ph: (201) 488-0550 Joseph Boonin has lots of expertise. We look for speedy and accurate fulfillment of orders and do not expect much discount, if any. For a small discount, try Joseph Patelson Music House 160 W. 56th Street, New York, NY 10019 ph: (212) 582-5840 (7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 May 1992 10:55:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Stevens Subject: Canadian publications We've only used Renouf three times and they seemed a bit slow. Since 1990, we have used Macneill Library Service in Vancouver, BC for Canadian publications (but not for government publications, since we go direct to Hull) and have been very happy with our service from them. They supply much faster than our previous Canadian vendor (80 days vs 105 days) and at an average discount of 7% (vs less than one percent). They bill us in US funds which is handy for us. Their customer service has been very good and they have made special arrange- ments whenever the posties threaten to go out on strike. (8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 May 1992 09:17:37 EDT From: Brian McLaughlin Subject: Postal strike in Ireland I just received a fax today from Kenny's Bookshop of Galway, Ireland, which included a temporary address for all correspondence, orders, and checks: Kenny's Bookshop c/o Coras Trachtala 880 Third Ave., 8th floor New York, NY 10022 Apparently (and this is news to me) the postal strike in Ireland has been in effect for some time. (10) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 27 May 1992 15:00:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Nancy Knipe Subject: Electronic ordering Several years ago we used OCLC's ACQ subsystem to send orders electronically. When we switched to a local on-line system (Dynix), electronic ordering was not yet functional, and we sent out paper orders. At some later point when elec- tronic ordering became available on our local system, we began to use the electronic ordering function but with mixed results, e.g. duplicate orders, questions from vendors verifying order information. As a result, we stopped sending orders electronically. Enough years have passed so that we are now interested in trying electronic ordering again. I am interested in hearing about other libraries experience with electronic ordering--things to watch for, ways to insure best vendor response, etc., reg- ardless of local system. I would also appreciate hearing about library reactions: Does electronic ordering have a positive impact on vendor perfor- mance? What has the impact been on local procedures/work-flow? Overall, is electronic ordering "better" than paper, P.O.'s and the U.S. Postal Service? ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 58 ****** END OF FILE *******