ACQNET v8n005 (January 4, 1998) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/serials/acqnet/acqnet-v8n005.txt ISSN: 1057-5308 *************** ACQNET, Vol. 8, No. 5, January 4, 1998 ======================================== (1) FROM: P. Holtman SUBJECT: RE: Music Sources (25 lines) (2) FROM: S. Zeigfinger SUBJECT: RE: OCLC Promptcat & Approval Vendors (22 lines) (3) FROM: R. Schlabach SUBJECT: RE: Amazon.com (26 lines) (4) FROM: P. Stevens SUBJECT: RE: Claiming (Books) (24 lines) (5) FROM: M. Trauernicht SUBJECT: New Exchange Vendor Inquiry (28 lines) (6) FROM: D. Suminov SUBJECT: Need Subscription Agencies to work with (24 lines) (1)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 07:31:21 -0500 From: Prue Holtman (College of Wooster) Subject: Re: Music Sources In response to Lucy Garza's question about music sources, I recommend the following: For scores: J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc., Box 850, Valley Forge PA 19482. ph: 800 345 6296 fx: 800 260 1482 website: http://www.jwpepper.com/Welcome.html For CDs: Audio Buff, P.O. Box 2628, Athens OH 45701-5428 ph: 614 593 3014 fx: 614 592 6693 Prue Holtman Acquisitions Manager College of Wooster Libraries 1140 Beall Ave. Wooster OH 44691-2364 phone: 330 263 2487, fax 330 263 2253 (2)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 08:52:56 -0500 From: Susan Zeigfinger (Vermont Law School) Subject: RE: OCLC Promptcat & Approval Vendors Our library belongs to the New England Law Library Consortium which is investigating using Yankee Book Peddler as a vendor (currently we use Blackwell with whom we are quite happy, and from whom we get a generous discount as a NELLCO member) So ... we would be interested in hearing libraries experience with Yankee/PromptCat. We are an Innovative Interfaces, Inc. library. Also, we would like to hear from those library people working with approval plans with Yankee or any other vendor. How does this work? How labor intensive is it? Can a 1-person acquisitions dept. handle this as well as regular ordering, payments, claims, etc. Thank you, Susan Zeigfinger Associate Librarian, Technical Services Vermont Law School Library szeigfin@vermontlaw.edu (802)763-8303 (3)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 10:36:29 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Schlabach (College of NJ) Subject: RE: Amazon.com We recently ordered from Amazon.com for the first time. We needed a rush reserve that was OSI at the publisher, and the requestor told us it was available from Amazon.com. Sure enough, their website indicated it was available. They had one copy in stock, but our library doesn't have a credit card and Amazon.com wouldn't hold the copy for us. We did a rush prepay, but it will still take three weeks for our check to arrive and clear. Wouldn't it be nice if library vendors included inventory on their online databases, i.e. BNAm's NTO or YBP's GOBI? Sure, they're reluctant, but it would help immensely in locating copies of OP and OSI titles. I think for now, we'll probably establish a deposit account with Amazon.com. Robert Schlabach Library Business Manager R. L. West Library The College of New Jersey Hillwood Lakes, CN 4700 Trenton, NJ 08650-4700 vox- (609)771-2412 fax- (609)637-5177 (4)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 08:20:45 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Stevens (Univ. of WA) Subject: RE: Claiming (Books) We are also an Innovative Interfaces site but take a completely different approach to claiming than Singapore. We do no automatic claiming. We send most of our book orders to vendors who report regularly to us on the status of our orders, so that there is no need for us to claim regularly. Student assistants update our online order file with the information from vendor reports. We monitor our rush orders to assure that reports come in regularly (particularly for rush orders to suppliers other than our major vendors) but do not monitor non-rush orders. Once a biennium, on a time-available basis, we create lists of long-outstanding orders for each fund and issue claims or cancellations where no reports have been received. We keep NYP orders active but may disencumber them if there is no publication date set. During our biennial reviews, we sometimes find that NYP orders have been published under another title. Peter Stevens, Acquisitions Division University of Washington Libraries Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (5)--------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:40:27 -0500 (EST) From: Marcia Trauernicht (Rochester Inst. of Tech.) Subject: New Exchange Vendor Inquiry Recently another colleague and I met with a representative from the Archival Resource Company. This is a fairly new company based in Pennsylvania that purchases all types of [print] materials from libraries, and then sells those materials to other libraries and institutions. According to their brochure, they are "North America's most comprehensive library exchange agency." If anyone has done any business with this company, I would be most appreciative of any information and impressions concerning your transactions with Archival Resource Company that you would be willing to share with me. I look forward to hearing from you! Marcia Trauernicht Head, Cataloging/Serials Wallace Library Rochester Institute of Technology 90 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5604 (716) 475-7292 OFFICE (716) 475-6490 FAX EMAIL: mstwml@rit.edu (6)---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 14:00:55 +0300 From: Dmitry Yu. Suminov (Idea, Ltd.) Subject: Need Subscription Agencies to work with Our company is a major subscription agency in Ukraine. We are looking for foreign subscription agencies to subscribe to periodicals from. We need reliable agencies that could supply publications shortly after they are issued. I would appreciate knowing about American acquisition officers' experiences. Regards, Dmitry Suminov Manager Idea, Ltd Artema 84 Donetsk 340055 Ukraine tel#: 38 (0622) 350188 38 (0622) 922022 fax#: 38 (0622) 350194 e-mail:dima@idea.donetsk.ua ****** END OF FILE ****** ACQNET, Vol.8, No.5 ****** END OF FILE ******