ACQNET v4n040 (July 21, 1994) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acqnet-v4n040 ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 4, No. 40, July 21, 1994 ===================================== (1) FROM: Eleanor Cook SUBJECT: ACQNET resumes after ALA (2) FROM: Maria Pagan SUBJECT: Library Sceince Debate Topic (14 lines) (3) FROM: Carole Bell SUBJECT: German OP Science Dealers (5 lines) (4) FROM: Roberta Winjum SUBJECT: Interdok, etc. (10 lines) (5) FROM: Peter Stevens SUBJECT: Subject: BIP, FTP, approval check-in and exchange ordering (26 lines) (6) FROM: Norma Laburn SUBJECT: South African LIS Conference (19 Lines) (7) FROM: Susan Davis SUBJECT: NASIG CAll for Papers - last call! (76 lines) (1)---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Eleanor Cook (Appalachian State U.) Subject: ACQNET resumes after ALA Date: Thur, 21 Jul 94 15:41:00 EDT Some of you have probably been wondering why you haven't received an ACQNET in close to a month. I returned from ALA on July 5. Slowly over the last few weeks I finally received enough items to put together an issue. We eagerly await reports of acquisitions-related meetings held at ALA. Eighteen people posted announcements before ALA, and so far I have only received one report - thanks Pamela Bluh, you are the first of what I hope will be many more! Pamela's report and others will appear in future ACQNET's as they come in. My other excuse for the slowness lately has been the incessant number of thunderstorms occurring in the evening. ACQNET is put togther on my computer at home, and when the storms begin I turn off the computer! A questionnaire is out right now with the Editorial Board, As soon as I get feedback from them all, I will be sharing some ideas with the readership. Thanks for your patience. (2)--------------------------------------------------------------- From: Maria Pagan (Univ. of Rhode Island) Subject: Library Science Debate Topic Date: Fri, 08 Jul 94 11:04:03 EDT I am a library science student involved in a debate concerning the use of libraries limited financial resources. If you have an opinion or information (even better) on this topic, please email to me directly. Thank You! The debate topic is: RESOLVED: Given the limited resources, a small public library should allocate more of its material budget to computer services and online networking than to the purchase of books and other traditional print media. (I am opposing this resolution arguing in favor of printed materials in this case.) Thank you for your kind consideration. (3)--------------------------------------------------------------- From: Carole Bell (Northwestern Univ.) Subject: German OP Science dealers Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 17:19:26 -0400 We recently received a notice from Harrassowitz that they would no longer search for out of print science titles. Does anyone have a German dealer who might search for science materials? Please e-mail me directly. Thank you. (4)--------------------------------------------------------------- From: Roberta Winjum (Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa) Subject: Interdok, etc. Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 19:07:29 -0400 I am reviewing our vendor selection for IEEE publications and other "Technical Conference Proceedings"-type materials; mostly serials and monographic series. I'm seeking information about Interdok Corp., Harrison, NY, as well as any other reliable source for these materials. I would appreciate hearing who you use and why, or who not to use, and what to expect, both positive and negative. Please reply to me, not the list. Thanks. (5)-------------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Stevens (Univ. of WA) Subject: BIP, FTP, approval check-in and exchange ordering Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 10:50:38 -0400 Ten libraries responded to my queries in ACQNET 4:39 about BIP online, checking in approval books (without creating individual order records), charging approval books to a single fund and ordering books for exchange partners from lists (rather than individually by title). Three libraries had BIP online via networking the CD-ROM version of BIP (rather than our method of loading tapes on the campus network). We run about 8,000 searches per month of our online BIP file. No library checked in approval books, though several reported loading their approval records (as we do) via FTP over the internet (over a thousand records a month here). Seven libraries reported that they had one central fund for each approval program (or a few funds per program when there was more than one external fund involved). But three of those libraries reported that tight money and a need for greater accountability had resulted in dropping the single approval funds and switching to individual funds by subject in the past few years. Only one library had gone the opposite route--from many approval funds to just a few--in the past year (and that was done by directorial fiat). Here, we have about 80 approval funds which I would like to cut down to about a dozen: one for each of our approval programs. There was only one response to my exchange question and that one was from a library with a single exchange partner (we have over 90) so I'm going to explore the list approach with my vendors (to avoid inputting these records--title by title--into our online acquisitions system. (6)---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Norma Laburn (Univ. of Witwatersrand) <056CWIS@WITSVMA.WITS.AC.ZA> Subject: South African LIS Conference Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 16:07:02 RSA SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION FOR ALL SAILIS (South African Institute for Library and Information Science) is holding it's annual conference at Esselen Park, close to both Johannesburg and Pretoria, from 19-23 September, 1994. Speakers from the local LIS community and invited speakers from overseas will be addressing the question, "Libraries and information for all", an appropriate theme in this the first year of the democratic New South Africa. Visits to local public and special libraries are being arranged. In addition, an exhibition is being staged for suppliers of LIS equipment, books, serials, and other services. Interested persons are invited to contact:- Norma Laburn (056norma@witsvma.wits.ac.za) (delegates) OR Di Man (056perio@witsvma.wits.ac.za) (exhibitors) for more details. (7)---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Susan Davis (SUNY-Buffalo) Subject: NASIG Call for Papers Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 16:54:39 -0400 (EDT) CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS and PRECONFERENCES NASIG 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE (1995) "SERIALS TO THE TENTH POWER: TRADITION, TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION" The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), an organization committed to serving the interests of all members of the serials information chain, plans to hold its tenth annual conference June 1-4, 1995 at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. NASIG's annual conference provides a forum in which librarians, publishers, vendors, educators, binders, systems developers, and other specialists exchange views, present new ideas, proactively seek solutions to common problems, and discuss matters of current interest. The proceedings are published in both print and electronic format and distributed to a wide audience. The Program Planning Committee invites proposals for plenary papers and preconferences dealing with any "big picture" aspect of the theme. We are especially interested in the challenge of balancing traditional functions with technological innovations within organizations and in consortia and in the creation of new alliances. Established projects, new experiments, and "blue sky" speculation are all welcome. Examples: *Reinventing serials: optimizing their role in scholarly communication; *Creating and providing access to electronic journals: editing/publishing, purchasing/acquiring, transmitting/delivering/gopherizing, cataloging and archiving/preservation/securing); *Copyright reconsidered and reconfigured *New developments in Internet use: commercial use, public policy and security issues; *Re-examining the role of the serials professional in the new information society The Committee also invites workshop and preconference proposals that will provide practical assistance in making changes, planning and implementing new projects and forming alliances. Examples: *Case studies from virtual libraries and electronic publishers; *Reconstituting local serials collections; *Analyses of user responses and needs; *Training/retraining/educating serialists for new roles in article delivery, public service, monograph acquisitions, etc.; *Relevant new technologies/services/software packages/standards; *Creative financing for innovation; grantsmanship. Submission of topics and suggestions for speakers are welcome from NASIG members and other members of the information community. The Program Planning Committee reserves the right to combine, blend or refocus proposals to maximize program breadth and relevance to our membership. As a result, only one presenter from proposals submitted by teams may be invited to participate. Since all proposals are reviewed competitively, please include complete information for maximum consideration: *Name, address, phone/fax numbers, e-address(es) of the proposer *Program title *An abstract of 200-300 words that clearly explains the intent of the proposal as well as its relationship to the theme *Please list in priority order the formal preference for your proposal: plenary, workshop, or preconference. Proposals should be submitted no later than August 1, 1994 to: Susan Davis NASIG Secretary Head, Periodicals Section State University of NY at Buffalo Lockwood Library Building Buffalo, NY 14260-2200 Phone: 716-645-2784 Fax: 716-645-5955 ****** END OF FILE ******ACQNET, Vol. 4, No. 40 ****** END OF FILE******