Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:57:33 -0500
From: Judith Wurtzler <wurtzler@uwplatt.edu>
Subject: Re: SERIALST Digest - 5 Jul 2006 to 6 Jul 2006 (#2006-142)

Pamela,
We use a serials vendor and are very happy with the
service.  If we didn't use a vendor, we'd need to have
another staff position to do all of the work that our
vendor does for us right now.  Our current budget
situation is so tight that we have lost one staff
position and the majority of our student worker budget,
so using a serials vendor is the only way that we're
able to function adequately.

Judy Wurtzler
Karrmann Library
UW-Platteville
1 University Plaza
Platteville, WI  53818
wurtzler@uwplatt.edu

> Date:    Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:48:39 -0400
> From:    Pamela Haley <haleyp@POST.QUEENSU.CA>
> Subject: Serials Vendor Use vs. Direct Buying
>
> Hi,
>
> I am interested in knowing if there is anyone out
> there who, having
> used a serials vendor, has gone back to in-house
> purchasing/processing and why.  I am trying to justify
> keeping our
> serials vendor.  I have a staff member who is
> philosophically opposed
> to vendors and has succeeded in convincing the Head
> Librarian that
> bringing this work back in-house is the best way to
> go.
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
>
> Pamela Haley, BA (Hons), MLS, MPA
> Associate Librarian
> William R. Lederman Law Library,Queen's University
> Kingston, Ont.  Canada   K7L 3N6
> 613 - 533 - 2918 ; 613 - 533 - 2594 (fax)
> "A mind is like a parachute:  it only functions when
> it's open."