ACQNET v3n033 (March 30, 1993) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v3n033 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 33, March 30, 1993 ====================================== (1) FROM: Andrew Schroyer SUBJECT: Serials prices (27 lines) (2) FROM: Orion Pozo SUBJECT: Exchange programs (27 lines) (3) FROM: Sharon Propas SUBJECT: Exchange programs (65 lines) (4) FROM: Helen Mack SUBJECT: Alcatraz Editions (9 lines) (5) FROM: Sandy Paul SUBJECT: Publishing conference announcement (15 lines) (1)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 1993 15:39:16 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Schroyer (New York University) Subject: 1993 serials price increases I wondered if anyone "out there" has had a stable enough couple of years in terms of pace of invoice processing that s/he would be able to now calmly assess the average serials price increase for 1993 over 1992--at least for her own institution? Is *calmly* the wrong adverb? Has anyone markedly disproved or confirmed for his own library the projections from Faxon of 17-20% increases (including currency factors as well as the actual publisher price increases, for a standard foreign/domestic mix)? At NYU, serials renewal expenditures were assimilated into the system exceptionally early in 1992, and we are somewhat exceptionally behind so far in 1993 in paying and expending (due to the disruption of a branch library being absorbed into the main library and a real spate of staff illnesses). So, we still feel rather "in the dark" as far as the shape and size of the '93 monster. Knowing that we are somewhat behind in processing payments, I was a little shocked to see today that--in spite of our tardiness--an expenditure report shows 15% more than the same report 1 year ago. I wonder whether to be really alarmed now. Are there horror stories to be swapped out there? Or is it no worse than we had been foretold? (2)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 30 Mar 1993 09:06:08 U From: Orion Pozo (North Carolina St. U.) Subject: ASEE/ELD Duplicates Exchange This is in response to Cornelia Kelley's inquiry about programs which might enable a library to dispose of unwanted material in a cost-effective--and cooperative--manner. The Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education has been running a Duplicates Exchange on the Internet for over a year. It is not a "list" in the traditional use of this term. Lists are sent to me and I resend them to the current members of the exchange. Members of ELD who submit e-mail addresses to the _Directory of Members_ and subscribers to ELDNET-L (ELD's listserv) are forwarded duplicates lists that are submitted to the coordinator. Others who would like to get the lists or submit their own lists should send their lists and/or e-mail addresses to me, the coordinator. Lists should be sent as e-mail messages and include a statement that tells users how to obtain issues and whether postage will need to be reimbursed. Since the lists go out to engineering librarians, they should contain titles of interest to this population. Currently, there are over 150 librarians, mostly in North America, posting and receiving lists. Approximately one list a week is distributed. (3)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 12:33:57 PST From: Sharon Propas (Stanford University) Subject: Exchange programs At Stanford there are no legal limitations on how we dispose of unwanted materials, but we are driven by the same desire to keep down costs and not to waste good books. We put roughly 1000 unneeded books a year into our exchange programs. Another 1500 books are disposed of through twice-annual book sales. The program has undergone a major restructuring and scaling back over the past two years, and we are attempting to identify further efficiencies and cuts that might be made without damaging the program. Through the exchange program we receive many titles not otherwise available. To answer Cornelia Kelley's specific questions: 1. Our exchanges are set up by the requests of the selectors. All requests for new exchanges are subject to the approval of the Exchange Librarian (me). Before setting up an exchange, I check to see whether the requested material can be purchased. Purchase is always preferred to exchange and is usually less expensive. 2. We expect that exchanges will be kept roughly in balance and that we will receive material of about the same value as the that we send. We are currently examining our files to be sure that we are not sending materials to a partner who has ceased to send anything to us, or visa versa. 3. We send out three exchange lists, humanities, social science, and science. One of these goes out about every six weeks. 4. We have a half-time Library Specialist 2 and ten hours of student time devoted to exchange. In addition about 2 to 4 hours a week of my time goes to supervision and program review. 5. Most domestic materials can be purchased, so we have been gradually phasing out domestic exchanges. They currently account for between 5% and 10% of our partners. 6. When requests for materials start to come in, it is first received, first served. We include at the beginning of each list the warning that we have only one copy of many books and that the first requester gets it. We also mention that if they do not hear from us, it means that all books on this list are taken. 7. As I mentioned before, we are phasing out our domestic exchanges. Also we have become increasingly strict in enforcing the rule that we will not exchange for anything that we can pay for. We hope to reduce our number of partners by about 1/4 by the time we have finished the current review of the balance of the exchanges. 8. I have every reason to believe that the exchange program will continue in some form, since it does bring in those unusual or hard-to-obtain titles that are necessary to research collections. However, the high costs of such a program put considerable pressure on us to make the program as efficient as possible. We will continue to look for ways to mainstream our exchange procedures. The current review of the program should cut down on the number of exchanges and should also change the way we handle the incoming materials. I hope that by the end of this year, the exchange position will cease to handle incoming materials, which will be completely mainstreamed. Special handling will be needed only to set up the outgoing exchanges, to set up new exchanges, and to problem-solve. (4)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 13:18:47 EST From: Helen P. Mack (Lehigh University) Subject: Alcatraz Editions Does anyone have a current address for Alcatraz Editions, a publisher formerly located at 354 Hoover Rd., Santa Cruz, CA 95065? We're trying to obtain Juan Felipe Herrera's _Akrilica_ (Alcatraz, 1989), but 2 vendors have been unable to locate the publisher. (5)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 13:10 GMT From: Sandy Paul (SKP Associates) <0004164812@mcimail.com> Subject: Publishing conference announcement The Association of American Publishers/ALCTS Joint Committee is sponsoring an ALA Preconference, BOOK PUBLISHING 101, all day on Friday, June 25 in New Orleans. Knowledgeable instructors with hands-on experience developing, manufacturing, and marketing books will provide a basic overview of how books are created, why they are priced as they are, and how they are marketed to all distribution channels. The Preconference includes lunch, at which an author and agent will speak. A brochure will be in the mails from the ALCTS office shortly. Anyone on ACQNET who is not an ALCTS member can obtain a copy from me at SKP Associates, 160 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10010, 416.4812@MCIMAIL.COM. phone 212/675-7804, fax 212/989-7542 ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 33 ****** END OF FILE ******