ACQNET v7n014 (March 22, 1997) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acqnet-v7n014.txt ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 7, No. 14, March 22, 1997 ======================================== (1) FROM: Wayne Perrin SUBJECT: MacMillan Questionnaire (173 lines) (2) FROM: Mary Kay SUBJECT: MARC for Order Records (16 lines) (3) FROM: Barbara Henn SUBJECT: Belgian Book Vendors (19 lines) (4) FROM: Rodney Erickson SUBJECT: RE: Online Requests (34 lines) (1)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 14:51:00 +0000 From: Wayne Perrin (MacMillan Press) Subject: Electronic Book Survey [ED. NOTE: Send responses to Mr. Perrin, **NOT** to ACQNET!] APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS-POSTINGS Dear Colleagues: In order to complete my MBA thesis, I am conducting a review for Macmillan Press (UK) on how we think our current monographs print business may be affected over the next few years by electronic delivery. As part of this process, I am developing various future scenario models and comparing these with present trends. Below you will find a number of statements about the present situation of libraries and a separate series of statements about the future. I would very much appreciate it if you would take 5 minutes to fill in your reactions to the statements. (Note: it really does take only 5 minutes!) If anyone has suggestions for useful background reading on this area I would be very grateful for any suggestions. Finally, we will also be running focus groups during this year's ACRL. If you would like to be involved in these, please contact me directly. I will send a synopsis of the results of this survey to the list. I look forward to hearing from you. Wayne Perrin Electronic Publisher Macmillan Publishers Tel + 44 171 881 8067 Fax + 44 171 881 8004 email w.perrin@macmillan.co.uk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Macmillan Press - Electronic Monograph Delivery - Scenarios Ref: ACQNET 19/03/96 Instructions Please state your agreement with the statement on a sliding scale of 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree) by placing an `X' to the right of the relevant number. Therefore, if you strongly agree with the statement "Our budget has decreased in real terms in the last five years," you would place an `X' to the right of the number 1. You can reply directly to me by email (w.perrin@macmillan.co.uk) or by fax (+ 44 171 881 8004). Please note that any information will be kept in the strictest confidence and only aggregated information will be circulated. SECTION A - The following statements are about your library NOW. Do you agree or disagree with each of the statements? 1. Our faculty members and teaching staff are coming to the library less than they did 5 years ago. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 2. Our faculty members are asking for delivery of information to their desktops. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 3. Our students are coming to the library less than they did 5 years ago. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 4. Our students are asking for delivery of information to their desktops. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 5. Our expenditure on humanities/social science monographs has declined in real terms over the last 5 years. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 6. The most important influence in the decision to buy a monograph is the faculty member. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 7. The most important influence in the decision to buy a monograph is a librarian. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 8. The most important influence in the decision to buy a monograph is the approval plan (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 9. Humanities/social science monographs are represent good value for money in comparison with journals. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 10. We have established a separate electronic acquisitions budget (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 SECTION B - The following statements are about your university and library IN FIVE YEARS time. How true are the following statements about your institution? 11. Our college/university will reduce the range of subjects it offers. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 12. Our college/university will be specialising in a smaller number of subjects. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 13. Our college/university will seek to increase the number of undergraduate places it makes available. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 14. Our college/university will seek to increase the number of postgraduate places it makes available. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 15. Our total acquisitions budget for all materials will decline in real terms. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 16. Our expenditure on print monographs will decline in real terms. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 17. Our expenditure on our IT infrastructure (hardware/software) will decline. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 18. Our expenditure on electronic materials (products but excluding hardware/software) will increase more than any other acquisitions expenditure. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 19. Our library will be spending more in dollar terms on electronic materials than on books. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 20. We will have a separate electronic materials acquisition budget. Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 21. Sharing of resources between our library and other libraries will increase. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 22. We will make purchases of electronic products/services as part of a consortium. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 23. The World Wide Web will play an increasing role in our information delivery strategy. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 24. CD-Roms will play a less significant role in our information delivery strategy. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 25. Librarians will play an increasingly pro-active role in information delivery within our college/university. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 26. Training of faculty and students in information location will be an increasingly important role for our members of staff. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 27. Within our college/university, the primary role of print will be as a means of storing information not as a means of disseminating it. (Agree = 1; Disagree = 5) 1 2 3 4 5 SECTION C - Your details Name __________________________________________ Job Title __________________________________________ Institution __________________________________________ Type of Institution 4 year college 2 year college Public Private I would be interested in discussing this further with you by telephone Yes/No (delete as appropriate) Telephone number ___________________________________ I would be interested in attending a focus group during ACRL Yes/No SECTION D - Other comments. (Please use space below for any other comments you may have). Thank you for your help. Wayne Perrin Electronic Publisher Macmillan Publishers (2)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 03:00:53 -0800 (PST) From: Mary Kay (Humboldt State U.) Subject: MARC for Order Records I'd appreciate hearing from libraries that are successfully using MARC records from other sources than the utilities as a basis for ILS order records. I'm thinking particularly of BIP, but there may be others. I'm aware of Yankee's service for orders placed with them, and understand that BNA will soon be offering something similar via the "Collection Manager," but there is still that stubborn residue of direct orders for which it would be nice to utilize a single resource. Thanks for any information. Mary Kay Humboldt State University Library Acquisitions (3)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:32:22 -0500 (EST) From: Barbara J. Henn (Indiana U.) Subject: Belgian book vendors We are interested in finding one or two Belgian book vendors who do business with foreign customers. Our previous vendors either went out of business or were not satisfactory. A review of old ACQNET files and the AcqWeb site have not turned up any viable vendors. Our bibliographer is very interested in a vendor within the country. Thanks for your help. Barbara Henn Assistant Head for Acquisitions Monographic Processing Services Indiana University Libraries Bloomington, IN 47408 (812)855-1666 (4)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:45:32 -0600 (CST) From: Rodney Erickson (Moorhead State U.) Subject: RE: Online Requests In reading Ned Kraft's article in ACQNET, Vol. 7, No. 12, March 13, 1997, I noticed the comment about "request forms" being designed as mini-systems rather than being a part of an acquisition module. There is a system that integrates its online "request forms" directly with its acquisition system. The PALS system, used by 80+ Minnesota academic and state agency libraries, has a web interface to its online union catalog (http://www.pals.msus.edu/webpals). The library's user can download information from that catalog, the union acquisition file, the BIP file or the Books for College Libraries file, directly into a web request form or they can choose to enter the information manually if there is no record for that item in one of those files. PALS checks the request against the online catalog and ACQ file to make sure the user's library does not already own the item or have it on order, then creates a backlog record in the acquisitions system. Once the acquisitions staff completes and approves the requested item, it moves through the normal automated acquisitions process. Each library controls which of their users can use this feature through their circulation record. If you would like information on this feature, contact: donna@ms.pals.msus.edu. Rodney Erickson Moorhead State University Library Order Department 1104 7th Ave South Moorhead MN 56563 (218) 236-2353 ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol. 7, No. 14 ****** END OF FILE ******