ACQNET v2n085 (September 3, 1992) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v2n085 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 85, September 3, 1992 ========================================= (1) FROM: Christian Boissonnas SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (8 lines) (2) FROM: Pamela Rose SUBJECT: Eagle Pub. & Communications, Santa Clara, CA (9 lines) (3) FROM: Pamela Rose _Illustrated Directory of Handicapped Products_ (9 lines) (4) FROM: Julie Gammon SUBJECT: Co-publishing (19 lines) (5) FROM: Ann Okerson SUBJECT: Co-publishing (34 lines) (6) FROM: Ann Okerson SUBJECT: Co-publishing (66 lines) 1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: September 3, 1992 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Christine Desjarlais-Lueth Jim Montgomery Head, Collection Development Tech. Services Unit Coordinator University of Connecticut Library Smith College Library E-mail: HBLADM93@UCONNVM.BITNET E-mail:JMONTGOMERY@SMITH.SMITH.EDU (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 09:13:08 EDT From: Pamela M. Rose (SUNY-Buffalo) Subject: Eagle Pub. & Communications, Santa Clara, CA Does anyone have an address or phone number for Eagle Pub. & Communications in Santa Clara, CA? They have published a book called _Marketing Allied Health Educational Programs-Eight Low Cost Steps you Need to Know by P.L. Hassel_, ISBN 1881566102, c1992. However, no record of the publisher exists in my sources (Pub. Dist. of U.S., phone book, BIP). (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 09:13:08 EDT From: Pamela M. Rose (SUNY-Buffalo) Subject: _Illustrated Directory of Handicapped Products_ I am trying to find the latest edition of the _Illustrated Directory of Handicapped Products_ from IDHP, but their address in Buffalo Grove, IL has changed, and the forwarding order has expired. We have a copy of the title page from the 1989-90 edition, but that hasn't helped. Any assistance would be appreciated! (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 17:23:11 EDT From: Julie Gammon (University of Akron) Subject: Copubs I am a full time acquisitions librarian and a member of my university press' editorial board. I may drive a Honda, but here in the Rust Belt of the Midwest we "buy American" with copubs to keep the cost down. In my case, it was a matter of educating the Collection Development Department to give Acquisitions the authority to make the best purchasing decision. Unless they state specifically that they MUST have the British edition, that decision is made in Acquisitions. Having worked informally with Dick DeBacher (chair) of the AAUP's Library Relations Committee over the last two years and seen his efforts to try and get the AAUP to include librarians as active participants in the organization has been a rewarding experience. However, I would encourage the AAUP to allow librarians to join their organization,in some capacity, to encourage more interchange on matters such as these. Both sides would profit. (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 10:33:53 EDT From: Ann Okerson (ARL) Subject: Copubs: A Librarian's Response (fwd) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:06:28 -0400 From: Jason Renker (NYU Press) Subject: Copubs: A Librarian's Response To: Multiple recipients of list AAUP-L In response to Susan Lewis and the librarians, I want to start by saying that the idea of getting the librarians on-line was a wonderful idea. Judging from their response, it seems as if this is a "sensitive" issue for all in terms of our responsibilities and also our pocketbooks. I think that it is fair to say that there is no "correct" edition to buy, and that the real problem is the apparent lack of information flowing to the librarians concerning our co-pub agreements with UK publishers. I think with most co-pubs the most common scenario is that the project origi- nates in the UK, is publicized, picked up by an American publisher, and is simultaneously co-published. While the two editions my appear at basically the same time, the jump the UK publisher has in _announcing_ the title is where we lose our sales, since there is no hard and fast way for the librarian to check for the existence of a cheaper US edition when he or she receives the UK announcement. Since many copubs are signed _after_ the UK publisher begins promoting the title, I don't know if this jump can ever be eliminated. The cost-conscious librarian _could_ check e-BIP and other sources to see if an American UP lists the title, but there will still be some time lag which will result in loss sales. Perhaps this could be lessened if American librarians would delay placing their orders for imported titles until just prior to publication so that they could wait for the possible announcement of a cheaper US edition from an American UP. Some are probably doing this already. Considering the cost of some UK titles, and the current exchange rate, I think that librarians would be well served by delaying in this manner. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 11:04:31 EDT From: Ann Okerson (ARL) Subject: MORE Co-Pub Forwards Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 09:31:13 CDT From: Michael Jensen (Univ. of Nebraska Press) Subject: Re: Copubs: More Librarian Responses To: Multiple recipients of list AAUP-L . . I see this as a library issue only to the extent that publisher, copublisher, . book jobber and librarian need to cooperate for mutual benefit, but it is not . the library's problem to solve. On the main, I agree. More below. . . No one in this work flow is intentionally evading buying a US edition, but . nor do they have time to check and recheck to see if a US edition has been . published. Publicity and sales are the responsibility of the publishers. I hope no librarian thinks that the publishers think that any librarian is intentionally evading US editions. I don't think anyone said that. What we're discussing seems to me to be unintentional purchases of more-expensive versions of the same book. . . If there is a burden, it appears to be on the publisher and copublisher to . properly time and coordinate their book releases, publicity, distribution, . and sales. With that information available, librarians and jobbers will make . decisions to buy the 'correct' imprint. It isn't reasonable to expect the . end-consumers to police/control the market or sales arrangements. Research . libraries, the major purchasers of UP materials, buy thousands of books per . year, and there is not time to labor over each title to examine its copub . status. Yes, it's our job to coordinate with our jobbers and copublishers. At this point, we're discovering how uncoordinated we've been. It's costing us money, and, more to the point for librarians, it's costing librarians and libraries money. Rarely, if ever, is a US edition going to cost more than a British or Hungarian or Botswanan edition. Usually it's going to cost significantly less. So for now, until we get OUR act together better, acquisitions librarians may be able to save some money by attending somehow to this problem. . . Since when does the buyer have to bear responsibility for the source? If . publishers and vendors aren't interested in the agreement, why do libraries . have to spend time monitoring this. I don't care where I get the copublished . book from as long as it is: 1) quick, 2) cheap, and 3) the right title. . Since I use an approval plan for university press books (and commercial . publishers as well), I expect my vendor to send me the "commercially correct" . edition. I can't worry about whether I am stepping on any trade agreement! . Is anyone really serious about libraries having to watch their ordering . practices???? Do you all have time for this kind of thing?? . Nobody has time for this sort of thing, unless you're paying for your time by saving more than it costs to attend to it. An off-the-wall idea just for fun: a simple database of AAUP copublications and price comparisons? I suspect that in truth it's too unwieldy for librarians to use as reference, the UP titles being a minority of the books they purchase... but as an adjunct to the online catalog, somehow... maybe... I'm going off again into my dream of utter information efficiency. Too bad the real world makes things so difficult and inefficient. ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 85 ****** END OF FILE *******