ACQNET v3n065 (August 8, 1993) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v3n065 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 65, August 8, 1993 ====================================== (1) FROM: Carol Hawks SUBJECT: _LAPT_ contents (208 lines) (1)------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Carol Hawks (Ohio State Univ.) Subject: _LAPT_ contents, v. 17, no. 3 Date: August 6, 1993 _Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory_ Contents Volume 17, Number 3 Pre-publication Information Issue Expected on 8-6-93 MANUSCRIPTS Mason, Pamela. Developing Indexes for the New Media: A CD-ROM Case History. This article is based on a presentation given July 1, 1991, at the American Library Association's annual conference. It reports on an attempt to develop a CD-ROM price index modelled on the price indexes for serials and other materials produced under the aegis of ALA's Library Materials Price Index Committee and conforming to ANSI Standard Z39.20-1983. This proved to be an impossible task, primarily because of the inability to define a reliable unit of measurement for CD-ROM prices and the difficulty of tracking a sufficiently representative sample of the universe of CD-ROM titles purchased by libraries over the period from 1988-91. However, the value of simply tracking the prices of a data sample without a base index year -- a price inventory -- was recognized by the Committee. The data gathered thus far was analyzed to show price trends by LC subject classification and publication types (monographs and serials). The 4.3% increase from 1989 to 1990 reflects the change from $1,783 to $1,860 in publication price for the average CD-ROM title. The evolution and stabilization of the CD-ROM publishing industry in the 1990s should support the eventual establishment of a CD-ROM price index, on which work continues. Casserly, Mary F. and Judith L. Hegg. A Study of Collection Development Personnel Training and Evaluation in Academic Libraries. This study describes methods by which librarians who participate in academic library collection development are evaluated and trained. Questionnaires were sent to 246 libraries in four-year academic institutions. The librarians responsible for collection development were asked to provide data on their staff size, budget, and collection development policies, and to describe their programs for training and evaluating collection development personnel. The data from 201 respondents were categorized and cross-tabulated. Typologies of training and evaluation programs, and descriptions of sites with these programs were developed. Goedeken, Edward A. An Index to Publisher Quality Revisited: A Partial Replication. A replication of the Calhoun/Bracken 1983 study of publishers listed in Choice's annual Outstanding Academic Books was conducted. Data were gathered for the years 1988-1992 and compared with the results of the Calhoun/Bracken analysis. The results show that several of the commercial and university publishers that had been prominent in 1983 had been replaced by new presses. During the decade between studies, university publishers have showed marked growth as a percentage of the top 60 presses identified in the two studies. Collection development librarians need to be aware of the fluctuations in publisher output and reputations over time in the Outstanding Academic Book lists. Rouzer, Steven M. A Firm Order Vendor Evaluation Using A Stratified Sample. This paper examines a firm order vendor evaluation done at the Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University. The entire population of firm orders for domestic publications was used as the sample for a controlled study of vendor performance in terms of order fill rate, vendor efficiency, and cost effectiveness. We attempted to ensure the accuracy of our study by stratifying the sample population, and by performing tests for statistical significance on our results. The final results of the survey helped determine the domestic vendor policy at the Eisenhower Library. Papers from China -- special section edited by G.E. Gorman Gorman, G.E. Papers from China: The International Seminar On Collection Development and Resource Sharing. Yitai, Gong. Some Issues in the Development of Documentary Information Resources in China. Although great changes have taken place, resource sharing is still quite limited in China. To speed up the development of documentary information resources (hereafter referred to as DDIR), the author review four aspects which are important for future work: the theoretical study of DDIR and practical efforts to implement DDIR; the initiatives of smaller information units; the demand for information, and the rational distribution of resources; and the use of new technology and resources sharing. Suggestions to facilitate DDIR are made. Guangjun, Meng. Documentary Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Their Rational Distribution. This paper gives a brief account of the research project which investigated documentary resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their distribution. It summarizes the main points of the final report -- including achievements in building up the Academy's documentary resources, the main problems and possible solutions. Finally, it presents the main points of the program proposed on the basis of the final report. Shu, Chen. Building Collections Together in the East China Region. This paper concentrates on a coordinated collection development policy for libraries and other relevant organizations in the East China region. It examines the need for such a policy by presenting the historical background, by providing some important data and by examining the best way to develop resources sharing throughout the whole country. Foskett, D.J. and Shirley Perry. The Consortium of University Research Libraries: An Experiment in Resource Sharing in the UK. In 1982 the librarians of the seven largest university research libraries in the United Kingdom agreed to form a consortium, CURL, in order to share machine readable data. Grants were received from a research foundation and the University Grants Committee, and the establishment of the Joint Academic network (JANET) enabled computer links to be quickly set up. A Systems Manager, Shirley Perry, was appointed and a database was loaded onto the Manchester Computer Centre Amdahl 5890. Each library provides data on magnetic tapes, and CURL subscribes to British Library and Library of Congress tapes. Access is available by ISBN, LC number, or acronym keys. Libraries can take records by online downloading, receiving tapes, or file transfer to local computers. Next stages will be retrospective conversion and input at ordering stage. Henty, Margaret. Resource Sharing Among Australian Libraries: A Distributed National Collection. Resource sharing among Australian libraries is long standing and takes a number of forms including interlending, the sharing of bibliographic information through the Australian Bibliographic Network, shared storage facilities, and reciprocal borrowing schemes. Most recently, the Australian library community has elected to define and more formally develop a concept of a distributed national collection. Further development of the concept will involve five elements: bibliographic control, collections, access, preservation, and national coordination. Infrastructure needs include a national conspectus, national access to holdings information, an effective interlending system, and creation of a national preservation office. Miller, Ruth H. From Warehouse to Gateway: A New University Library and a New Paradigm. Developing a research library for a new university provides the challenge and the opportunity to test some ideas currently prominent within academic librarianship and to use new technology in an unprecedented way. A philosophical commitment to building an 'electronic library' affects planning and management decisions at every stage. This library is committed to supporting university teaching and research programs by providing access to bibliographical citations, abstracts and full-text material, based on what is available in a discipline, not just what has been acquired by the library; 'access over ownership' is not just a current slogan but a basic element in decision-making. Gorman, G.E. Collection Development Education: An Australian Perspective. This paper describes efforts by the library profession in Australia to improve the teaching of collection development, especially attempts to achieve greater articulation between professional practice and professional education at university level. It surveys a number of important seminars and workshops, reviews a set of educational guidelines, and offers as a case study the curricular response of a specific library school (School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University -- Riverina) to professional concerns regarding collection development education. ALA Midwinter -- Auto Acq Discussion Group -- Is There a Future for Acquisitions and Document Delivery? Julia A. Gammon. Is There a Future for Acquisitions and Document Delivery? An Introduction. Ron L. Ray. A Skeptic's View of the Future for Combined Acquisitions and Document Delivery. Lynne Branche Brown. Expert Systems and Document Delivery in an Automated Acquisitions Environment Jeri Van Goethem. Whether by Byte or by Tome, BUYING Information is "Acquisitions" Conference Reports Ron L. Ray. 1992 Charleston Conference on Book and Serial Acquisitions: A Report. ALA Midwinter 1993 Alexander, Adrian W. ACRL Journal Costs in Academic Libraries Discussion Group. Keating, Lawrence R. II ALCTS SS Research Libraries Discussion Group. Nisonger, Thomas E. Electronic Journals: Post-Modern Dream or Nightmare. Report of the ALCTS, CMDS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Discussion Group. Geer-Butler, Beverley. LITA/ALCTS Serials Automation Interest Group: Prevention of Workplace Injuries. Hamilton, Marsha. ALCTS Pre-order/Pre-catalog Search Discussion Group. Boissonnas, Christian. ALCTS Acquisitions Administrators Discussion Group. Boissonnas, Christian. ALCTS Acquisitions Librarians/Vendors of Library Materials Discussion Group. Review Section Lynden, Fred. Collection Management: A New Treatise. Nisonger, Thomas. The Collection Building Reader. Cramer, Michael. A Changing World: Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group. Davis, Susan. National Directory of Magazines 1993. Gangl, Susan. CD-ROM Periodical Index. Announcement International Seminar on Information Technologies and Information Services, 20-24 October 1994, Shanghai, People's Republic of China ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 3, No. 65 ****** END OF FILE ******