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Acquisitions Unit Annual Report 1995-1996, Martha H. Kellogg

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual report of the Acquisitions Unit, University Library, University of Rhode Island for fiscal year 1995-1996. Covers staffing, technology, acquisitions of monographs and serials, binding and processing.

For monographs, includes four years of monthly statistics (1992/93-1995/96) on requests searched, duplicates returned, titles ordered, titles claimed, volumes added by acquisition type, approvals returned, microforms added, media added, and invoices processed.

For serials and processing, includes four years of monthly statistics (1992/93-1995/96) on volumes withdrawn, titles added, volumes added, volumes bound, volumes processed, volumes mended, and microforms added.

"Request For Proposal" Or "Run For Protection?" Some Thoughts On Rfps From A Librarian And A Bookseller, Bob Schatz, Diane J. Graves

Library Faculty Research

Increasingly, academic librarians are using the RFP (Request for Proposal) to assist them in selecting materials vendors. While this has been a common practice for integrated library system selection for some time, it is still a relatively new phenomenon in the acquisitions field. The authors, one a library administrator and the other a bookseller, review the pros and cons, pitfalls and benefits of using the RFP method for purchasing library materials.