ACQNET v2n106 (December 2, 1992) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v2n106 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 106, December 2, 1992 ========================================= (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (19 lines) (2) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: ACQNET delivery problems (13 lines) (3) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: ACQNET files questionnaire deadline (6 lines) (4) FROM: Judith Niles SUBJECT: Acquisitions statistics (12 lines) (5) FROM: Daniel Jones SUBJECT: Acquisitions statistics (40 lines) (6) FROM: Barbara Stelmasik SUBJECT: Acquisitions statistics (29 lines) (7) FROM: Vicky Reich SUBJECT: Acquisitions statistics (14 lines) (1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 1, 1992 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Anita Hui Assistant Acquisitions Librarian Carleton University Library E-mail: AHUI@LIBRARY.CARLETON.CA Joanne Donovan Assistant Head Acquisitions Dept., Docs/Serials University of California - San Diego Library E-mail: DONOVANJ@SANDNET.UCSD.EDU Julie Marie Tedjeske Student University of Pittsburgh E-mail: JMTST17@LIS.PITT.EDU (2)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 1, 1992 From: Christian Subject: ACQNET delivery problems A week ago I sent all of you a message which was damaged in transit. Not all systems being created equal, some were able to handle it. 167 were not, and returned it, again, and again, and again. Meanwhile some of you were receiving it again, and again, and again. It was only this afternoon that my postmaster told me that she had caught all the mutant rebels and that we were back to normal. However, I no longer know for sure who got what, so let me recap: You should have received ACQNET 2(104), 2(105), and a questionnaire about ACQNET files last week. If you are missing any of those, let me know so that I can re- send them to you. (3)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 1, 1992 From: Christian Subject: ACQNET files questionnaire deadline This is a reminder to those of you who have not yet returned your questionnaires to Rosann Bazirjian. Please do so before December 11, 1992. (4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 08:36:43 EST From: Judith Niles (University of Louisville) Subject: Acquisitions statistics In response to Richard Jasper's question about what sort of statistics to keep, I am delighted to remind everyone that there is an ACQUISITIONS GUIDE on this very topic, written by Eileen Hardy, in the Acquisitions Guidelines Series published by ALA. This guide on statistics is titled: _STATISTICS FOR MANAGING LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS_. Copies are only $5.00 ($4.50 for ALA Members, I believe) and I encourage you all to purchase copies of this and other GUIDES. The GUIDES are being developed by the Acquisitions and Serials Sections of ALCTS. (5)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 24 Nov 1992 07:59:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Daniel Jones (U. of Texas Health Center) Subject: WHAT DO I COUNT? In response to Richard Jasper's query on acquisitions statistics I am happy to start the ball rolling. Here is what I count. ORDERS MONTH YEAR-TO-DATE TITLES COPIES $LIST TITLES COPIES $LIST By order type Approval Plan Purchase Direct (firm orders) Purchase reorder Purchase replacement BY MEDIA Print Non-print BY BRANCH MAIN LIBRARY BRANCH LIBRARY (we only have one branch) BY LOCATION Location as designated at time of order (We have about 40-50 locations, e.g. Reference, ready reference, general book collection, journal collection, leisure reading, etc...) BY FUND TOTAL FOR ORDERS RECEIPTS - same as for orders ACCEPTED AND ADDED TO THE COLLECTION - same as for orders As you might guess these data are compiled monthly from our online acquisitions file. We use the Georgetown Medical Center Library Information System. The report, however, was not supplied by Georgetown but was written by our systems analyst from my specifications. (6)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 92 16:10:44 EST From: Barbara Stelmasik (University of Minnesota) Subject: Acquisitions statistics I was pleased to see Richard P. Jasper's question "What kind of statistics do people in acquisitions keep and why". I hope that all responses will be sent to ACQNET, rather than direct to Richard, so we can all see the responses. I was just directed by our acquisitions committee to send a posting just like Richard's to ACQNET. Our committee has just begun to discuss this issue. At this point, we are not yet talking about statistics we are required to report to external agencies (ARL). We are talking about items we track manually and items that might be tracked automatically by an automated system, and which of those are or are not useful or important. We have five separate technical services units, each divided, in various ways, into serials and monographs units. We all share some basic categories of statistics, but some units keep many more statistics than others. Our initial analysis is that serials units are most like other serials units in record keeping; books units most like other books units. Units which have historically kept lots of statistics are reducing the number of categories they count, after realizing that they are not making any use of the data. Other units which have not counted many categories have started to count more because of a perceived need for some benchmark data for analysis of workload and staff performance. Our discussion will continue, but we can already see that, apart from agreeing on definitions of categories, we may need to recognize the need for considerable variation, at least on a temporary basis, meet local needs due to staffing or organizational changes. (7)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 15:04:39 PST From: Vicky Reich (Stanford University) Subject: Acquisitions statistics In response to Richard's November 20 request for information on acquisitions statistics, I routinely review the following numbers: Incoming order requests, monograph orders placed, standing orders placed, TOTAL ORDERS. Firm orders received, approval materials received, standing orders received, TOTAL MONOGRAPHS RECEIVED. Serial titles sent for cataloging, titles cataloged (yes in acquisitions), titles prepared for the shelf. We keep many more stats, but from year to year what we collect varies depending on what new workflow we're trying to measure, or what new trend we're trying to verify. ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 2, No. 106 ****** END OF FILE *******