-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Victor Kamkin response...
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:32:55 -0500
From: Scott Wicks <sbw2@cornell.edu>
For the record...
The following message was posted to a Slavic list on 11/15. I don't
usually repeat such messages in other lists, but I feel this issue is
hot enough to warrant such a step. Each Kamkin customer will need to
draw his/her own conclusions.
Good luck with reaching your own.
--scott
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For those who are reading e-mail and are worrying about a threatened
mini-crisis in Russian acquisitions (on the tenth anniversary of the big
one, which gave rise to slavlibs). The result of my effort to obtain
written confirmation from Kamkin:
>From: "Victor Kamkin" <Kamkin@verizon.net>
>To: "Alan Pollard" <apollard@umich.edu>
>Subject: Re: Informa-Systema
>Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:33:14 -0500
>
>Dear Mr. Pollard,
>
>What Inform-Systema is doing is illegal and we have referred the matter
to
>our attorneys. We expect to file a lawsuit against Inform-Systema and
any
>company that tries to illegally steal our subscription market.
>
>With respect to the 2002 subscriptions, we are making other
arrangements
>that will ensure timely delivery as of January 2002. With respect to
the
>2001 subscriptions, we are working on obtaining all missing issues. In
the
>event that these issues are no longer available, we will credit all
>subscribers for the missing issues.
>
>We apologize for these problems but would like to assure you that the
>actions we are taking will preclude this from happening again.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Victor Kamkin, Inc.
>(301) 881-5973
>email: kamkin@kamkin.com
>web: www.kamkin.com
At 09:05 AM 11/28/01 -0500, you wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Victor Kamkin -- Christopher Waldrop
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:10:59 -0500
> From: Kim Maxwell <kmaxwell@mit.edu>
>
>
> We've received those letters as well. I have written to Kamkin,
> looking
> for their official response. We are currently in the midst of a
> discussion, and I'm hoping for some more concrete answers soon. I was
>
> glad
> to have the information from these two companies, but I felt Kamkin
> should
> be given the opportunity to explain their position. I have received
> my
> 2002 renewals from Kamkin, so they do seem prepared to invoice us for
> next
> year.
>
> Kim Maxwell
>
> At 04:59 PM 11/27/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >-------- Original Message --------
> >Subject: Victor Kamkin.
> >Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:44:12 -0600
> >From: Christopher Waldrop <Waldrop@library.vanderbilt.edu>
> >Organization: Vanderbilt University
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I apologize if this has already been brought up--I looked through the
>
> >most recent messages and didn't see anything about it, but I may have
>
> >missed it.
> >
> >At Vanderbilt, we've been contacted by two different sources
> >informing us that Victor Kamkin Bookstore, which supplies most of
> >our Russian periodical subscriptions and standing orders, has run
> into
> >trouble. Apparently they're not going to be able to supply periodical
>
> >subscriptions or standing orders in 2002. I don't know, but book
> >orders may be affected as well.
> >
> >According to one person I spoke to, several libraries are already
> aware
> >of this, but I thought I'd let others know.
> >
> >
> >Christopher Waldrop
> >Serials Coordinator
> >Vanderbilt University Library
> >Order Services Department
> >Tel: 615-343-3831
> >Fax: 615-343-8834
>
>
> ________________________________________
> Kim Maxwell
> Serials Acquisitions Librarian
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> MIT Libraries, Room 14E-210
> 77 Massachusetts Ave.
> Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
> phone: 1-617-253-7028
> fax: 1-617-253-2464
> email: kmaxwell@mit.edu
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