ACQNET v10n011 (April 29, 2000) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/serials/acqnet/acqnet-v10n011.txt ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 10., No. 11, April 29, 2000 ========================================== (1) FROM: R. Siever SUBJECT: Questions about selling geological survey books (39 lines) (2) FROM: N. Kraft SUBJECT: Using Microsoft Access for Acquisitions (30 lines) (3) FROM: R. Richards SUBJECT: Project to standardize statistical reporting for e-resources (25 lines) (4) FROM: J. Gourdji SUBJECT: RE: Used books - Summary (51 lines) (5) FROM: P. Scheible SUBJECT: Vendors for publishers of local agencies and research institutes (22 lines) (6) FROM: D. Hagelaar SUBJECT: EOSi's GLAS (11 lines) (7) FROM: K. Laird SUBJECT: Copyright concerns about web documents (46 lines) (8) FROM: D. Witte SUBJECT: PayPal.com (15 lines) (9) FROM: H. Bennett SUBJECT: Collection diversity (14 lines) (1)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 13:36:30 -0400 From: Robert Siever (Franklin & Marshall College) Subject: Questions about selling geological survey books Please send replies directly to me at: r_siever@ADMIN.FANDM.EDU. We have withdrawn a large number of geological publications, most of which are from the Geological Surveys of various states. We want to sell the books, but do not have the names and addresses of specialists in geological publications who might be interested in this material. If you have the name and address of such dealers, please send them to me. Also, I have no recent experience in selling such material and have questions about the procedure. I assume it is adequate to list these as: state, agency, publication, volume numbers; as, for example: Illinois. State Geological Survey. Bulletin: 26-27,30-31,33-40, 42 rev,43, 46, 61,62, 62 suppl, 71-92, 94-95. Should I establish a price, or ask the dealers to make an offer? I'm not aware of the extent of the market for these books and listing them will amount to considerable work. We have about 7 sections of geological publications. Does anyone know if the market is sufficient to go ahead and list the whole amount? Or, should I instead offer only one section, as a test of the market? Thank you, in advance, for your advice. Robert A. Siever Deputy College Librarian Franklin and Marshall College Library Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 Voice (717) 291-3840 R_Siever@admin.FandM.edu Fax (717) 291-4160 (2)----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:30:38 -0400 From: Ned Kraft (U.S. Dept. of State) Subject: Microsoft Access I'd like to know if any other libraries out there have experimented with using Microsoft Access to build an acquisitions system, or to build any other type library database. Last summer I got a new job, moving from a fairly large and technologically advanced library, to a smaller library where automation hadn't quite reached every operation. There were several reasons for not purchasing the acquisition module available from the vendor who supplied our PAC, cataloging module, etc., but that left us with a manual acquisitions operation. Ugghh! So I started playing around with Access and ended up building a system. So far, so good. In fact, seeing how well a system can work that is specifically designed for the needs of a particular workplace, it makes me wonder why so many acquisitions offices put up with the commercial products that don't suit their needs, that force them into inefficient work-arounds. Anyway, I am concerned about what the long range abilities of Access might be, how soon I might have to start thinking about archiving. So, if anyone else out there has tried something similar and has stories to tell, please get in touch. Thanks. Ned O. Kraft Order Librarian Ralph J. Bunche Library U.S. Department of State kraftno@state.gov (3)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:05:34 -0400 From: Robert Richards (Univ. of CO Law Library) Subject: Project to standardize statistical reporting for e-resources Greetings: Would someone be able to remind me of the name and sponsoring organizations for the recent effort among librarians to establish standards for vendors' statistical reporting about electronic resources? Thank you, Rob Richards -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Richards Technical Services Librarian, University of Colorado Law Library Federal Depository Library 0074-C Fleming Law Building, Rm 190, CB 402 2405 Kittredge Loop Drive Boulder, CO 80309-0402 Telephone: (303) 492-2706, Fax: (303) 492-2707 E-mail: rrichard@stripe.Colorado.EDU URL: http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~rrichard (4)------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:12:44 -0400 From: Judith Gourdji Subject: Used books SUMMARY [NOTE: Originally posted on COLLIB-L] Thanks to all who replied to my question about selling weeded books to dealers. I received eleven replies. Two asked for a summary. Three referred me to a recent article in Library Journal (March or April, 2000)about selling weeds on EBAY. That solution is not for us because it requires research into the value of each book. We don't have the time for that. Four replies suggested that we hold our own book sale. The prices suggested were: 1. $.25/.10 with the first price on the first day, and the second price on the second day 2. $5.00/$4.00/$3.00/$2.00/$1.00 with the first price on the first day, declining to the last price on the last day 3. $1.00 hardback/$.50 paperback, declining on following days In most cases, the object is merely to find new homes for the books, not to raise substantial sums. The fourth respondent suggested advertising our book sale on the web site, www.Book-sales-in-America.com. He said that it might bring dealers to our sale. Two people did suggest that there might be political problems with book sales, if the books were donated by local residents or faculty/staff. In that case, they suggested using dealers. The final replies mentioned that they had had some experience using book dealers. One person suggested organizing the weeded books into subject areas, and contacting dealers interested in those subjects. Another mentioned that the prices were negotiable, and that dealers might want to pick out certain books rather than taking the whole collection. A third said that they never negotiated, but just took what they were offered. Thanks again for all the suggestions. Judith Gourdji Reference/ILL Librarian Northwood University 4000 Whiting Drive Midland, MI. 48640 (517) 837-4338 Fax: (517) 832-5031 Email: jgou@vlc.lib.mi.us (5)------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:41:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Patrick Scheible (Univ. of Washington) Subject: Vendor for publishers of local agencies and research institutes [NOTE: This individual is not a subscriber to the list, so please reply directly to him as well as sharing to the list. Thanks - ED.] What vendors are other libraries using for publications of state and local governments, academic departments and research institutes, and trade associations? We used to use Accents Publications Service, but in February Bernan Associates acquired Accents and they are no longer handling these publications. (They say they are still handling U.S., U.N., European Union, and some international organizations.) Patrick Scheible Monographic Acquisitions University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, Washington 98195-2900 USA kkt@u.washington.edu (6)--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:03:11 -0400 From: Dave Hagelaar (Univ. of St. Michael's College) Subject: EOSi's "GLAS" We are in the market for an acquisitions module/database. We are a medium-sized academic library and are currently testing out a demo from EOSi called "GLAS". Can anyone recommend another product? Thanks in advance, Dave Hagelaar (7)--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:27:19 -0400 From: Kim Laird (Library of Michigan) Subject: Copyright concerns about web documents For a little while now, when we have located reports and other documents on the web, if the notice on the web indicated that this was a free download, this library would go ahead & download the document to add to our collection. We would bind it after it went through cataloging. Naturally enough, the specter of copyright kept lurking over my shoulder and nagging me until I started to do some investigation. In reviewing the copyright information at the Library of Congress's web site, it would appear on the surface that we can obtain the document & put it in our collection, since we do not profit from it (Fair Use, section 107). However, there is a notice in part of the document (108, a, 3) which indicates that the work in question must contain a copyright notice. Many of the documents do not contain any such notice. My feeling is that we are far better off in simply requesting the report in paper format, directly from the original creator or institution. Not only does this avoid the question of copyright clearance, it also avoids the problem of having to deal with color photographs, colored graphs, and also avoids our having to track down authors or institutions via e-mail, fax, phone, and assorted other means. On the other hand, always buying in paper is an added cost for us, since many of the institutes require prepayment, and we in turn require a number of forms, etc. My questions: does anyone have a written policy on adding such documents to the collection? If not, do you just go ahead & add to the collection without asking? Why? Can you direct me to any part of the copyright sections which allows us to freely add web material to our collection? I would like to note here that in our investigation, we have discovered that the institutes in question do want us to pay for the document and do not want us to just add their publications to our collection. I have asked my staff to be diligent about telling the vendors that they must put a restrictions notice on the documents & on their web site, if this is of any concern to them. Many people assume when they see "free download" that this means the document is freely available. As we all know, this isn't necessarily true. If you wish to e-mail me privately, please do so. I promise to summarize for the list. Kim Laird, Acquisitions, Documents, Serials Team Leader Library of Michigan, PO Box 30007, 717 West Allegan Street, Lansing, MI 48909. 517-373-9438 (Fax) 517-373-5866 (TDD only) klaird@libofmich.lib.mi.us HOURS: 7:30a.m. - 4 p.m. (8)-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:48:13 -0400 From: Dianne Witte (Beloit College) Subject: PayPal.com A vendor recently requested that I use PayPal.com to pay an invoice. It is known as "the fast and secure service that lets you send money by email." I was told the service is free. Has anyone used it? What is your experience? Thanks for your help. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dianne Witte Email: WITTED@lib.beloit.edu Technical Services Librarian Phone: 608-363-2486 Beloit College Library Fax: 608-363-2487 731 College Street Beloit, WI 53511 (9)------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 07:48:07 -0400 From: Hannah Bennett Subject: Collection Diversity Hello: I am looking for some suggested readings on diversifying collection development policies. I am doing research on what studies are being done, what is being written about collection diversification, etc. If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate hearing from you! Thanks, Hannah Bennett ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol.10, No.11 ****** END OF FILE ******