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Clean Up Your Act! A Voyager Acquisitions/Serials Overhaul For Greater Efficiency, Kelly A. Smith, Amy Tabb Sep 2010

Clean Up Your Act! A Voyager Acquisitions/Serials Overhaul For Greater Efficiency, Kelly A. Smith, Amy Tabb

Kelly Smith

The acquisitions and continuing resources teams at EKU Libraries used the occasion of several library staff retirements as an opportunity to reevaluate departmental processes. In doing so, we solved two major problems: • We completely overhauled our Voyager ILS ledger structure to allow for more granular reporting, specifically in relation to electronic resources and online periodicals. • We developed a better understanding of the relationship between the acquisitions, serials check-in, and cataloging functions in Voyager, allowing us to develop more seamless workflows between the acquisitions and continuing resources teams and to do a large order record clean-up project.


Green With Envy? Greenmail Is Good! Rational Economic Responses To Greenmail In A Competitive Market For Capital And Managers, Eric A. Engle Jan 2007

Green With Envy? Greenmail Is Good! Rational Economic Responses To Greenmail In A Competitive Market For Capital And Managers, Eric A. Engle

Eric A. Engle

Greenmail denotes the decision by a corporation's board of directors to repurchase its shares that are held by a corporate raider, often at a significant premium, thereby keeping the board of directors in office. It may represent a conflict of interest between the corporation's shareholders and the board of directors. While greenmail is legal, 50% of greenmail gains are subject to taxation. This Article argues that greenmail has a healthy role in a competitive market economy.