ACQNET v4n002 (January 11, 1994) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acqnet-v4n002 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 4, No. 2, January 11, 1994 ======================================= (1) FROM: Marylou Hale SUBJECT: Who's new on ACQNET today (31 lines) (2) FROM: Judith Wann SUBJECT: What I get out of ACQNET (24 lines) (3) FROM: Cynthia Coulter SUBJECT: OP dealers (8 lines) (4) FROM: Carol Hawks SUBJECT: _LAPT_ Research Awards (90 lines) (1)------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Marylou Hale (University of Nevada) Subject: Who's new on ACQNET today Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 11:47:04 -0500 Wesley Joseph Nelson M. Dina Giambi Associate Lib for Tech Serv Assistant Dir for Lib Tech Serv Ferrum College University of Delaware Library WNELSON@LEO.VSLA.EDU DINA.GIAMBI@MVS.UDEL.EDU Lisa Alsing Macklin Michael Ham Head, Serials Control Department Product Manager Georgia Inst. of Tech. Library McGraw-Hill School Systems LISA.MACKLIN@LIBRARY.GATECH.EDU MHAM@BIX.COM Marjorie M. Petterson Daniel R. Todd Acquisitions Coordinator Head, Collection Development Johns Hopkins Univ. Medical Library Tulane University Library MP@WELCHGATE.WELCH.JHU.EDU TODD@MAILHOST.TCS.TULANE.EDU Susan Marie Mueller Will Jarvis Director of Technical Services Head, Acquisitions University of Montana library Washington State U. Libraries MUELLER@SELWAY.UMT.EDU JARVIS@WSUVM1.EDU Jennifer L. Vine Mitzi Marlene Dunlap Technical Analyst Assistant Acquisitions Librarian McGraw-Hill School Systems Youngstown State University JVINE@BIX.COM AMLIBR11@YSUB.YSU.EDU (2)------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Judith Wann (Oregon State Library) Subject: What I get out of ACQNET Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 20:34:58 -0500 I'm glad to read Christian's comments about the changing character of ACQNET; I have felt it's been less lively than usual in the past 6 months or so. I'm a small-time acquisitions person, with a shrinking staff, shrinking materials budget, and expanding job duties. I have always coordinated acquisitions and periodicals, but I now also coordinate our state documents depository program. I spend an increasingly small portion of my time on acquisitions-related duties. For me, ACQNET is a valuable window into the bigger world of acquisitions. It keeps me from becoming isolated or ignoring issues that may not, right now, directly apply to my library. It's easier and more fun to read than journals like _LAPT_, and it allows me to benefit from the practical experience of others. It is both more important, and more difficult, to do acquisitions work as efficiently as possible in my circumstances. ACQNET is one of the tools I look to to help me do that. I hope it flourishes for years! (3)------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Cynthia M. Coulter (U. of North.Illinois) Subject: OP dealers on the coasts Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 16:18:52 -0500 We would like to expand our network of out-of-print dealers beyond the MidWest to include some on both the east and west coasts. Could you send me the names of dealers with whom you have had success? Thanks in advance! (4)------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Carol Hawks (Ohio State Univ.) Subject: LAPT Research Award Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 14:12:11 -0500 Just a reminder that the deadline for the 1994 LAPT Research Award is fast approaching -- February 15, 1994 -- Carol Hawks 1994 RESEARCH AWARD LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS: PRACTICE & THEORY The Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory (LAPT) Research Award provides an annual prize of $1,000 for research in the broad areas of acquisitions, serials, publishing, and collection management. The award will be given for one proposal and administered in two parts: $500 when the proposal is selected to fund the research effort and $500 when the completed manuscript is submitted to Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory. The award will be granted to the individual, not the institution, and may be used to cover expenses incurred in conducting the research outlined in the winning proposal, including travel, postage, staff support, supplies, and other items. The winning proposal will identify a critical issue in acquisitions, serials, publishing, or collection management and outline a rigorous approach to testing or solving the issue raised. Proposals will be judged on their significance, clarity and originality. The proposal should be a brief, concise description (no more than 500 words) of the project. A budget proposal and a one page vita of the author must be attached. Awards will not be limited to experienced researchers; however, researchers should present their proposal clearly addressing the following issues: 1. What are the aims and objectives of the research proposal? 2. Please describe your methodology and data analysis procedures. 3. What related research has been undertaken and/or published? Please include specific citations. 4. Is the research replication of a previous study? The deadline for submitting proposals is February 15, 1994. Proposals will be reviewed by a panel consisting of the editor-in- chief, the assistant editors, and three members of the editorial board. The winning proposal will be announced at the annual American Library Association Conference in 1994 and in the fourth issue of LAPT for the year. Research for the winning proposal must be completed within one year of the date when the award is announced. Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory reserves the right of first refusal of the completed manuscript. Information on past recipients and their research follows: 1992 -- Anna H. Perrault -- "A Study of the Effects of the Diversion of Funds from Monographs to Serials on the Monograph Collections of Research Libraries" This study investigates the shrinking non- serial resources base for United States academic libraries, shifts in monographic collecting patterns and trends in the acquisition of foreign language imprints, and the decline in monograph acquisitions as distributed across subject disciplines or among language groups. 1993 -- Samuel Demas, Anne S. Caputo, and William J. Kara -- "Viability of the Vendor Model of Information Delivery Through a Library Gateway" The study aims to determine the viability of the 'vendor model' of information delivery through a library gateway. By offering a campus community unrestricted access to an unprecedented scope of electronic information, libraries and vendors will learn for the first time: which files are used, how much they are used, by whom they are used (e.g. faculty, staff, students), and at what times of the day and night. Proposals and questions concerning this year's award should be addressed to: Carol Pitts Hawks Editor-in-Chief Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory 2129 Sandston Road Columbus, OH 43220 (614) 292-6314 FAX: (614) 292-2015 Internet: hawks.1@osu.edu ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 4, No. 2 ****** END OF FILE ******