ACQNET v3n060 (July 5, 1993) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v3n060 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 60, July 5, 1993 ==================================== (1) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (15 lines) (2) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: ACQNET changes (49 lines) (3) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: ACQNET directories (12 lines) (4) FROM: Christian SUBJECT: New Orleans, ALA conference (51 lines) (5) FROM: University of Florida, Library Personnel SUBJECT: Job announcement (44 lines) (1)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: July 5, 1993 From: Christian Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Barbara Carol Dean Assistant Coordinator, Collection Management Fairfax County Public Library E-Mail: FAIRLIB@CAP.GWU.EDU Bertha Louise Newton Bibliographic Searcher Eastern Kentucky University Library E-mail: LIBNEWTN@ACS.EKU.EDU (2)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: July 5, 1993 From: Christian (CBY@CORNELLC.BITNET) Subject: ACQNET changes Please note my e-mail address at the top of this message and the header of this issue. This issue did not come to you from CRI@CORNELLC. It came to you from a listserv. You may remember that about a month ago I said that ACQNET would have to move from the machine on which it has resided since its beginning. It has. The transition has been successful except for three subscribers to whom I have written individually. The rest of you need to do nothing. So, ACQNET is now on a listserv. It's address, and you need to note that, is ACQNET-L@CORNELL.EDU. Any message to this address other than instruc- tions to subscribe, un-subscribe, or change your subscription parameters will come to me for editing and inclusion in a future issue. You should not use this address for private communications to me. Instead, please write to me at CBY@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU. You should discontinue using the CRI@CORNELLC address altogether as I will no longer be using it. All of you are now subscribed to ACQNET through the listserv. 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There are no archives for ACQNET available from LISTSERV@CORNELL.EDU. (3)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: July 5, 1993 From: Christian (CBY@CORNELLC.BITNET) Subject: ACQNET directories to continue Contrary to what I had told you last month, the directories of subscribers will not be discontinued. Marylou Hale, Order Supervisor, University of Nevada - Las Vegas Library, has volunteered to maintain them for us. Upon subscribing, new subscribers will receive a request for biographical information from Marylou who will maintain and format the information for the directories. The directories will continue to be updated monthly and be available via anonymous FTP. (4)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: July 5, 1993 From: Christian (CBY@CORNELLC.BITNET) Subject: New Orleans, ALA New Orleans: What a town! Hot, steamy, lots and lots of water, but they seem to know how to handle it. I used to think that San Francisco, to quote Mike Keller, was "the last outpost of hedonism" but he was wrong. San Francisco has great food, but eating in New Orleans is a religious experience. And the music! Whether you like blues or not, you have got to like the openness of spirit and joy that underlies that music. The human spirit was meant to be uplifted in this way. And the little store with art that you never see in a mall! It's a city that throbs, that knows how to live. It must be the French influence, right? Anglo-saxons are too guilt-ridden to make having a good time an end in and of itself. All right, all right! The Spaniards, too, and the Haitians who brought voodoo among other things. And others whom I did not recognize. I found this cultural goulash matching the infinitely varied gumbos invigorating, exciting, and worth experiencing again. Speaking of a different kind of goulash, let's not forget ALA. Rich, occasionally tasty, it still lacks joy and humor. My best time was with my friends on various committees. I have been transformed by all of you, who voted for me, from a minor AS bureaucrat into a major AS bureaucrat, something I swore I would never do. Saying "no" was never my strong point. But I am very fond of the people who are my co-bureaucrats. They are activists and have a vision of librarianship that fits mine. One of the things which I know I will want to look at is the process whereby discussions and programs are decided. The surfeit of programs on electronic publishing, often duplicative, shows that for all of its control over the organization's life ALCTS cannot give a coherent direction to the meetings. The debate over the reorganization shows a serious lack agreement over what ought to be done and how. It's too bad. Many people whom I respect have worked long and hard on this. I guess that the fault rests with us. We simply aren't giving them the input and the help we should. I'll come back to that in another issue. The low point of this conference for me was the Acquisitions Section membership meeting on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The AS Ethics Task Force wanted feedback on its proposed _Statement on Principles and Standards of Acquisitions Practice_. Aside from task force members, three people showed up. Where were the rest of you? Did we do such a superlative job that you found nothing to take issue with? Come to think of it, why did no one write anything about it when it appeared on ACQNET (vol. 3:50)? Could it be that need for such a statement exists only in our own mind? We go back to New orleans in 1997 for Midwinter. I don't know about you, but I can't wait, and this time I won't wear a suit. (5)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 93 12:49:53 EDT From: Library Personnel, Univ. of Florida Subject: Job announcement Gift and Exchange Librarian, Acquisitions Department, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Responsibilities: Plans, coordinates, evaluates and directs the activities of the Gift & Exchange Unit in an automated environment. Supervises two support staff members and several student assistants. Directly responsible for the receipt, selection process and disposition of gift materials. Coordinates Unit's functions with the Collection Management program, other Technical Services programs and with gift and exchange units in other research libraries. Oversees a substantial national and international exchange program. Participates in the management of the Acquisitions Department. Required: MLS from an ALA accredited institution; one year minimum technical services or collection management experience in a large academic library; demonstrated supervisory and training ability; excellent organizational and analytical skills; broad understanding of publishing and distribution, bibliographic control and technology to the practice of library acquisitions; effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a transitional academic library environment; facility with microcomputers and basic software management tools (spreadsheets, database applications, etc.). Preferred: Experience with NOTIS or other automated acquisitions systems; familiarity with OCLC, RLIN and other vendor databases; reading knowledge of one foreign language. Salary: Negotiable depending on qualifications, minimum $24,000 for 12 months. Benefits: Faculty status. Twenty-two days vacation, thirteen days sick leave annually. TIAA/CREF or other retirement options, usual insurance benefits, no state or local income tax. Send letter of application with complete, recent resume and names, addresses and phone numbers of three professional references by August 23, 1993 to: Mari Bussell, Library Personnel Officer, 370 Library West, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611. ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 60 ****** END OF FILE ******