ACQNET v2n101 (October 28, 1992) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v2n101 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 101, October 28, 1992 ========================================= (1) FROM: Christian Boissonnas SUBJECT: ACQNET to stop for one week (7 lines) (2) FROM: Elisabeth Dolby SUBJECT: Videodisks for teaching (7 lines) (3) FROM: Julie Gammon SUBJECT: GPO depository documents (14 lines) (4) FROM: Peter Stevens SUBJECT: Electronic ordering (41 lines) (5) FROM: Scott Wicks SUBJECT: _Landolt-Bornstein_ (Springer) (32 lines) (6) FROM: Doina Farkas SUBJECT: Prepayments (38 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: October 28, 1992 From: Christian Subject: ACQNET to stop for one week As I announced previously this will be the last issue until I come back from Charleston on November 8, unless I receive enough materials from you by Friday evening. (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 23 Oct 92 10:30:47 GMT+1000 From: Elisabeth Dolby (Queensland Univ. of Technology) Subject: VIDEODISKS I am trying to purchase videodisks for the teaching of French, German, and Japanese languages. Any assistance in locating publishers or vendors would be appreciated. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 08:43:40 EDT From: Julie Gammon (University of Akron) Subject: GPO depository documents In response to Judith Wann's request on the involvement of other acquisitions departments in the processing of GPO depository documents, I can respond "yes". All depository library functions, except reference, were merged with our acquisitions department about 8 years ago, and these activities co-exist with "normal" acquisitions activities of monographic ordering and serial processing. We select about 52% of the GPO depository items and process the majority of the documents through the MARCIVE tapes. It certainly provides some variety to our work--document activities such as checkin can be merged with our "regular" workflow, other activities, such as discards, cannot be merged as easily because of GPO depository guidelines. (4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 10:57:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Stevens (University of Washington) Subject: Electronic ordering I have a somewhat different vision of what I want from electronic ordering than what Richard Jasper described in ACQNET 2:99. His desired system involves accessing a vendor's inventory and lodging orders in that system, perhaps re-entering the system to add institutional purchase order numbers. My immediate preference is for an electronic ordering system that does not involve checking individual vendor inventories (something we now do only for rush orders). Instead, I look forward to utilizing the Innovative Interfaces electronic ordering module where I create orders in my local system either by keying in a complete bibliographic record or by immediately downloading a record (from OCLC or BIP). With our present Geac acquisitions system, nearly two-thirds of our manually-keyed order requests are actually keyed by selection staff and transmitted to Acquisitions electronically (a scheme I hope to continue on Innovative). All orders assigned to one of about a dozen major vendors will then be collected by the vendor's computer electronically (and orders to these dozen vendors account for about 75% of our present paper order production). This system ensures that the vendor receives a full bibliographic record with my purchase order number--just as with our present paper orders. There remains the problem of rush orders which involve checking vendor inventories. We use microfiche now to determine inventory status and the telephone or fax to place these orders. In the long run, my hope is for a program that would search vendor inventories via the Internet (once major vendor inventories can be accessed that way) and report which vendors have what titles in stock. We would then place orders for titles electronically. But such a scheme is a long way off. I certainly wouldn't want to download vendor bibliographic records: some of them are junk. And I don't want any more acknowledgement than Innovative Interface's electronic order: an indication that x number of orders were successfully transmitted. We may be asking an awful lot from our vendors, however. How many libraries allow selection staff to stick orders into the local acquisitions system? In how many of our libraries can we check out our own books in a self-service mode? (5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 17:06:48 EST From: Scott Wicks (Cornell University) Subject: Springer-Verlag / Landolt-Bornstein / Library discount revisited In ACQNET 2:98 I reported that Springer-Verlag was offering the _Landolt- Bornstein_ volumes at a prepay subscription price which included a 10% discount if ordered directly from them. I also reported that our book dealer was only able to offer us a 5% discount. Following is the text of a fax I received today from Bob Badger of Springer-Verlag New York: Dear Mr. Wicks, Here are the discounts we give to handbook subscribers and dealers. For institutions that prepay who subscribe direct from Springer-Verlag New York, the discount is five percent [not 10% as previously reported]. For handbook dealers with a standing order the discount is ten percent. Institutions and dealers who subscribe on a per volume basis without prepayment get no discount. Springer-Verlag has no influence on the final price handbook dealers charge their customers. If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Bob Badger The end result of this new information is that it is no longer less expensive to order these handbooks directly from the publisher. I am still able to justify using my book dealer. I might also add that my book dealer does not charge us for shipping these volumes. (6) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 92 08:27:34 EDT From: Doina Farkas (University of Florida) Subject: Prepayment Policies As a member of ALA/ALCTS PVLR, Complaint Resolution Sub-Committee I am soliciting from Libraries having a policy regarding prepaying library materials a copy of their policy. I would also like to request permission to include them as "real life" samples in the Manual that is being prepared by the Subcommittee for approval by the PVLR Committee. Preparing this manual is part of the Subcommittee's charge to develop policies and procedures for handling complaints forwarded to PVLR (Publisher/Vendor Library Relations Committee). The intention of the Subcommittee is to have "generic" prepayment guidelines, including library practices for handling prepayments to foreign publishers as part of the Manual. I would appreciate your help in drafting these generic guidelines by mailing me samples (copies) of your Prepayment policies or by responding either via ACQNET or directly to me. My address is: Doina Farkas, Chair Acquisitions Dept. Univ. of Florida Libraries 200 Library East Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone: (904) 392-0355 FAX: (904) 392-7251 BITNET: DOIFARK @ NERVM Thank you very much for your support and cooperation in this endeavor. ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 101 ****** END OF FILE ******