ACQNET v4n053 (October 31, 1994)
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            ACQNET, Vol. 4, No. 53, October 31, 1994
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(1)  FROM:     Your Editor (and Joe Barker, ALCTS, and many others)
     SUBJECT:  Principles & Standards of Acquisitions Practice :
               Final draft!  (59 lines)

Editor's Note: Below is a Halloween TREAT - something I have been
meaning to distribute to subscribers of ACQNET for some time now.
My apologies for not doing it sooner! 

Joe Barker promises that we will be able to request a copy of this
statement sometime (soon?) on suitable-for-framing paper. Joe, how
about letting us know when it is ready? I want one for my office
wall, to be sure!

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         PRINCIPLES & STANDARDS OF ACQUISITIONS PRACTICE

 Statement of Principles and Standards of Acquisitions Practice

In all acquisitions transactions, a librarian ...

1.   gives first consideration to the objectives and policies of
his or her institution;

2.   strives to obtain the maximum ultimate value of each dollar of
expenditure;

3.   grants all competing vendors equal consideration insofar as
the established policies of his or her library permit, and regards
each transaction on its own merits;

4.   subscribes to and works for honesty, truth and fairness in
buying and selling, and denounces all forms and manifestations of
bribery;

5.   declines personal gifts and gratuities;

6.   uses only by consent original ideas and designs devised by one
vendor for competitive purchasing purposes;

7.   accords a prompt and courteous reception insofar as conditions
permit to all who call on legitimate business missions;

8.   fosters and promotes fair, ethical, and legal trade practices;

9.   avoids sharp practice;

10.  strives consistently for knowledge of the publishing and
bookselling industries;

11.  strives to establish practical and efficient methods for the
conduct of his or her office;

12.  counsels and assists fellow librarians in the performance of
their duties, whenever the occasion permits.

Distributed at the program: "Let the Sunshine In: Evaluating Ethics
in Publisher/Vendor-Library Relations," sponsored by the
Association for Library Collections and Technical Services,
Acquisitions Section, Serials Section, and Publisher/Vendor-Library
Relations Committee, June 27, 1994, Miami Beach, FL

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