ACQNET v4n031 (May 24, 1994) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acqnet-v4n031 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 4, No. 31, May 24, 1994 ==================================== (1) FROM: Christian Boissonnas SUBJECT: The Future of ACQNET (48 lines) (2) FROM: Gaele Gillespie SUBJECT: New Names for Acquisitions Units (31 lines) (3) FROM: Caroline Early SUBJECT: 's average price tables (11 lines) (4) FROM: Joe Raker SUBJECT: Volunteers needed for ALCTS Booth at ALA (5 lines) (5) FROM: Nancy Boggess-Korekach (35 lines) SUBJECT: ALA Presenter Needed (1)--------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christian M. Boissonnas (Cornell University) Subject: The future of ACQNET Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 13:03:15 -0400 With this posting I end my term as Editor of ACQNET. In fact, for all practical purposes, it ended some time in the last couple of weeks. The last few issues have been prepared by Eleanor and sent to you from Appalachian State, not Cornell. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work on ACQNET. When we started it three and a half years ago, the 25 or so librarians involved and I, we really had no idea of what we were doing. It must have been right, though, as ACQNET now has very nearly one thousand subscribers. I have received many compliments and expressions of thanks over this time, and I am grateful for them. It is always good to know that you are doing something right. Nevertheless, these hide one essential truth about ACQNET, and that is that the subscribers themselves define it. It is true that there have been occasions when I have provoked discussions, but these have been rare. You, the subscribers, have set the tone much more than I have, and that is the way I felt it should be. I have handled the practical details, but you have defined the medium. In the future you and Eleanor may want to do something different. You should certainly be prepared for this as our professional world continues to change very fast. Many of you are, I hope, in the process of redefining acquisitions librarianship and I hope to see this reflected in future issues more than it has been. I will feel freer to contribute my opinion than I was as Editor. I did not want to dominate the debates by virtue of my position. I do have a wish list for the future that I will leave you with. 1. To hear more from the support staff on ACQNET. There are quite a few and they could give librarians a much needed reality check from time to time. 2. To hear from public librarians. Their acquisitions concerns are both so very different from, and similar to, the ones I had as acquisitions librarian. 3. To never again read anything about "these tough times" and "declining budgets." This is getting very old and we should be talking about what kinds of libraries we will build with what we have. 4. To actually see collection development, acquisitions, and catalog librarians talk to rather than at, each other. The antagonism of acquisitions people for their collection development colleagues is palpable, and is dwarfed only by their exasperation with catalogers. (2)---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gaele Gillespie (Univ. of Kansas) Subject: New Names for Acquisitions Units (Re: ACQNET 4:23 (5/2/94)) Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 15:12:41 -0400> To add to Henry Owino's (and others') discussion of "New Names for Acquisitions Units" posted 5/2/94 (+): As of Feb. 1994, our separate Acquisitions, InterLibrary Loan, and Serials Departments were realigned and brought together, with the addition of a Document Delivery component, as one of the initial responses to our library's Strategic Planning initiatives of the previous fall. Physically we are on two different floors, and while many of our functions do not seem to coincide, we do have many aspects that relate and "co-mingle": We all acquire or purchase materials and pay invoices (to/from vendors, publishers, other libraries) out of a common materials budget; we consult and utilize many of the same systems/records to assist us in accomplishing our tasks (and are responsible for creating/editing categories of records that "feed" those systems); we all do some type of claiming and receiving; we all have a group of people eagerly-awaiting the fruits of our labors (students, faculty, bibliographers, our colleagues within the library, perhaps others who access our records from afar via the Internet); we are all trying to do the best job we can with shrinking resources, rising user expectations, and an ever-expanding information universe. This is a bold new step, and there are so many things to examine and explore that we've not yet established a name for our new entity. However, it's my hope that whatever name we do eventually choose will reflect who we truly are and what we really do. Posting ("without permission" :-) !) for the three of us and our staff members -- Gaele Rachel Miller, Acq. Libn. & coordinator of our new entity. Penny Donaldson, ILL/DD Libn. E. Gaele Gillespie, Serials Libn. (3)---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Caroline Early (National Agricultural Lib.) Subject: no.471-P.W. AVERAGE PRICE'S TABLE (fwd) Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 16:18:23 -0700 --------- Forwarded message ---------- From:lsipe@calvin.usc.edu To: Multiple recipients of list COLLDV-L From: Judy Colson The University of New Brunswick has a complex library acquisitions formula to allocate money to academic departments, and cost is one of the factors. One of the sources used for this cost factor was the output and prices article in (March 7, 1994). This year the hardcover average per-volume price table was omitted, and only the average per-volume prices for volumes costing less that $81 were included. This table is useless for my purposes. The author of the article, Gary Ink, informed me that he was not given the data for the more inclusive table, probably because of space considerations. I am writing to PW to protest this omission. If this change inconveniences anyone else, I suggest that they, too, complain. (4)---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joe Raker Suject: Volunteers needed for ALCTS Booth at ALA Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 11:36:25 -0400 Volunteers are needed for the ALCTS booth during exhibit hours at the annual meeting in Miami. No experience necessary! Please sign up for one or two hours. Meet other librarians and encourage them to join ALCTS. Contact Joe Raker at JRAKER@BPL.ORG on internet or call 617-536-5400. Thanks! (5)---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nancy Boggess-Korekach (Vanderbilt Univ.) Subject: ALA presenter needed Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 16:30:03 -0600 (CST) The ALCTS Pre-Order/Pre-catalog Search discussion group is doing their program for ALA this summer on pre-order/pre-cataloging workflow models from 3 perspectives. 1) the traditional model where an Acquisitions Department handles all searching (both pre-order and receipt) 2) A model where the Cataloging Department handles all pre-order searching and prepares the cataloging record at the same time, and 3) A vendor model, including outsourcing of ordering and cataloging operations. We have speakers lined up for Models 2 and 3. We are seeking a speaker to talk about the traditional model and present the view of a completely departmentalized operation where all verification, pre-ordering searching, ordering, and receipt is done in the Acquisitions Department and all cataloging in the Cataloging Dept. The presentation only needs to be about 10-15 minutes long and a flow-chart would be very helpful. We have a two-hour timeslot, but we want to leave plenty of time for discussion. If you would be interested in participating or know of someone who might be, please contact me as soon as possible. Our program is scheduled for Monday June 27 from 2-4. Thanks. Nancy Boggess-Korekach Resource Services, Verification Vanderbilt University Library Suite 700, Baker Bldg. 110 21st Ave. So. Nashville, TN 37203-2408 Phone: (615) 322-2409 FAX: (615) 343-8834 boggess@library.vanderbilt.edu ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 4, No. 31 ****** END OF FILE ******