ACQNET v3n006 (February 7, 1993) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v3n006 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 6, February 7, 1993 ======================================= (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (14 lines) (2) FROM: Norman Desmarais SUBJECT: ACQNET slowing down (11 lines) (3) FROM: Richard Jasper SUBJECT: ACQNET slowing down (31 lines) (4) FROM: Joe Barker SUBJECT: ACQNET slowing down (42 lines) (5) FROM: Doug Duchin SUBJECT: Acquisitions cost studies (13 lines) (6) FROM: Marsha Clark SUBJECT: Acquisitions cost studies (8 lines) (7) FROM: Judith Hopkins SUBJECT: Acquisitions cost studies (11 lines) (8) FROM: Evelyn Wrinn SUBJECT: Job announcement (26 lines) (1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: February 6, 1993 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Linda Ann Kyprios Laura Marie Doyle Librarian Student Texas Instruments U. of Kentucky SLIS E-mail: LKYPRIOS@LOBBY.TI.COM E-mail: LMDOYL00@UKCC.UKY.EDU Barry Bertrand Harvey Senior Library Technical Assistant Florida State University E-mail: HARVEYB@FIRNVX.FIRN.EDU (2)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 93 08:19:58 EST From: Norman Desmarais (Providence College) Subject: ACQNET slowing down I don't think the decrease in submissions has anything to do with you or ACQNET. I think it's due to the fact that many places are short-staffed due to departures that haven't been filled or frozen hiring policies. Consequently existing personnel have to take up the slack, leaving little time for writing. I don't think the phenomenon is peculiar to ACQNET either. I suspect it may cut across a broad spectrum of publication. (3)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 93 10:14:18 EST From: Richard Jasper (Emory University) Subject: Thoughts on ACQNET Folks do get busy, of course, and sometimes it is hard to chime in. Or maybe we're evolving to the point where ACQNET no longer serves as intense a purpose? I can't really believe that's the case. On the other hand, I probably have spent more time lately communicating with a subgroup of close individuals than I have with ACQNET at large. If people haven't seen it already, I would recommend the article in this week's issue of _Time_ magazine on the "cyberpunk" phenomenon. What they didn't mention, of course, is that librarians have done a fair amount themselves to advance the exploration of "cyberspace." There maybe 1.5 million Prodigy/GEnie/ CompuServe users, but how many of them carry on the number and type of conversations we do? Nice to know, at any rate, that we're on the cutting edge. One aspect the _Time_ article mentioned was the tendency toward greater and greater splintering among electronic groups. Maybe we're at the point where this is beginning to occur for ACQNET, too? These are the kinds of questions (you knew there was going to be a plug in here, didn't you?) that are likely to be of interest to the ALCTS Electronic Publishing Discussion Group, which I'm currently chairing. We had a great meeting in Denver, by the way. Ann Okerson, who isn't quite a "copyright abolitionist" (although I'm beginning to wonder), did a marvelous job of stretching our minds regarding the "intellectual property management" issues that are now facing us with the advent of easily accessible electronic information. I'm just getting warmed up, Christian... (4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 12:42:26 PST From: Joe Barker (Univ. of California - Berkeley) Subject: ACQNET slowing down Christian-- Here may lie a clue to the silence in ACQNET. At the Acquisitions Administrators discussion group in Denver, I learned that there many libraries undergoing either functional consolidation or shrinkage of staff (frequently both). Reorganization is rampant and rarely is it designed to give the department heads or other acquisitions managers more time to plan, ponder, raise questions, discuss issues, and think professionally. It wouldn't be very pretty or make us look very good if we all aired our whining or our loud gasps as some us struggle to keep up with the quickened pace in our jobs. We're too proud a group, too proud to be, as Acquisina put "more smart than powerful." But who are we helping and who are we hurting by our silence among ourselves? The answer to both is the acquisitions efforts to which we are so committed. I'd like ACQNET to be a forum in which more of us describe how we are being organized, question one another and share secrets about new ways to organize acquisitions. Let's put some of our honest feelings and commitment to do well into this, OUR e-journal. For example, I just found out today that I am getting another division added to my department. It includes acquisitions, serials acquisitions, budget management, documents acquisitions, circulation and binding of unbound serials and documents, our rather huge exchange and gift programs; and now it includes the newspaper and microform collections (acquisitions + public service and collection maintenance) too. How do I feel? Both pleased that the folks are looking forward to joining the Acq Dept (my staff and I take pride in making this a good place to work in many ways), and overwhelmed by the need to learn a lot, to spread myself even thinner, the need to delegate, empower, trust, risk, and devise acceptable accountabilities even more than now. To be candid, I'm a little scared, and I'm not sure yet of exactly what. Being the only acquisitions professional at Berkeley, ACQNET is one of the openings available to the rest of you, and it doesn't have to wait for ALA to work. But it needs authors to exist. Does anyone else want to chime in? offer advice? offer your own tales? (5)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 93 09:11:51 EST From: Douglas Duchin (Baruch College) Subject: Acquisitions cost studies In response to Joe Pukl's question on tracking the cost of acquisitions, Doug Phelps, Director of General Technical Services at Vanderbilt University Library presented a paper at the 1989 Charleston Conference entitled, "Publisher Discounts - but at what price?" In the paper he went over his methodology for tracking the cost of acquisitions, contrasting direct orders with vendor orders. If I remember correctly, the paper was excellent and should provide you with just what you need - including the number of minutes to process an order, the cost per order, etc. (6)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1993 06:51:37 -0800 (PST) From: Marsha S. Clark (New York Academy of Medicine) Subject: Acquisitions costs Joe Pukl should have a look at issue number 4, 1990, of _The Acquisitions Librarian_ which was devoted to "Operational Costs in Acquisitions." This was also published as a monograph in 1991. (7)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 05 Feb 1993 11:01:48 -0500 (EST) From: Judith Hopkins (SUNY - Buffalo) Subject: Acquisitions cost studies Joe Pukl asked about acquisitions cost models. He might want to take a look at "Guide to cost analysis of acquisitions and cataloging in libraries" in ALCTS _Newsletter_, v.2, no.5 (1991), pp.49-52. It was prepared by the ALCTS Technical Services Costs Committee, and Christian was involved in its preparation. [very tangentially, but thanks, Judith. The real work was done by the Committee after I left. -- C.] (8)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 22 Jan 1993 09:11:55 From: Evelyn Wrinn (Yale University) Subject: Job announcement TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, Minimum rank: Librarian II. RESPONSIBILITIES: Manages the monograph and serials acquisitions operations in the Medical Library and coordinates cataloging activities and work flow with Head of Medical Cataloging. Supervises staff. Assists in identifying, selecting and establishing business relationships with publishers and vendors. Monitors expenditures. May perform original cataloging. QUALIFICATIONS; MLS from an ALA-accredited library school. At least two years of successful professional library experience in technical services; effective oral and written communication skills; organizational ability; strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with others; supervisory experience; ability to analyze and evaluate operations and services and to effectively plan and manage appropriate changes; reading knowledge of at least one European language; experience with PC-based library applications and at least one automated library system. SALARY; from a minimum of $32,700 dependent upon qualifications and experience. Full benefits package including 22 vacation days, 17 holiday, recess and personal days; comprehensive health care, retirement. To be assured of consideration, please submit a letter of application, resume, and the names of three references by March 15, 1993 to Diane Y. Turner, Director, Library Personnel Services, Yale University Library, P.O. Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520. Yale University is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. ******* END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 6 ****** END OF FILE *******