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Acqusitions Department Resources for Staff

Contact Information

Head of Collection Development : Emily Hutton-Hughes (315) 228-7308
Digital Resources Librarian: Mike Poulin (315) 228-7025
Acquisitions Supervisor and billing contact: Tami Watson (315) 228-7307
Media Acquisitions Coordinator: Rhonda Pancoe (315) 228-7858
Serials Department Main contact: Ian Woodward (315) 228-7306.
Case Library Fax number: (315) 228-6227
Shipping Address:   Case Library / 13 Oak Dr. / Hamilton, NY 13346 USA

Request items to be added to the collection (Colgate Community only please)

 

Database vendors : contact information, help desk etc.

Contact information: sales and technical support
Interlibrary Loan License restrictions

Sources for Acquiring Out Of Print Material

AcqWeb redesigned
Alibris (good portal for very reputable out of print dealers)
UK Book world(links to British oop booksellers)
International league of Antiquarian Booksellers
Proquest Books on Demand

In Print & Price Listing Resources /Ordering Materials Online

AcqWeb redesigned
Amazon Books (US)
Amazon Germany
Amazon France
Amazon UK
Barnes and Noble
Currency Converter
Powells.com
Borders
AddAll : Book Search & Price Comparison
BestBook Buys (more comparison book shopping)
Book Finder.com comparison book shopping)
Price Compare or Search Online Bookstores by ISBN

US & Canadian, and UK Vendors Used Frequently

Gale Group
Lindsay and Croft (U.K. vendor)
Proquest Information & Learning
Dissertations
Yankee Book Peddler and GOBI Three
Worldwide Books

Selected International Publishers, Bookseller's & Vendors

African Books Collective
Alapage.com (French bookseller)
Casalini Libri (Italian vendor)
Grant & Cutler (British foreign language bookseller)
Harrasowitz (German vendor)
KKAgencies (India)
Bagchee Associates (India)
Latin American Book Store
Leer: libros en espanol (Latin America, Spain, Caribbean, Portugal)
Servilibros (Spanish vendor)
Iberbook sanchez Cuesta (Spanish vendor)
Touzot (French bookseller)
Wheelers Books/South Pacific Books LTD
World Bank
United Nations
UN Sales Publication and their What's new page

Audiovisual links

CDNOW (music and videos)
CDHOTLIST
Criterion Collection
DocuSeek Film and Video Finder
Facets Multimedia
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Library Video Company
Midwest Tape
Microcinema International
Women Make Movies: Film & video catalog

Serials Links used frequently

Ebsco Information Services
EbscoNet
Harrasowitz
National Archive Publishing Company

Some Acquisitions Facts

Number of books (ebook/print) acquired: 12,864 vols (FY2009)
Average price of an US published academic monograph incl. vendor discount: $46.95 (2009)
Average price of a US periodical excluding Russian translations: $961 (2009)
Average price increase for a periodical subscription expected in 2008:8.9%
Total number of paid subscriptions: 2,922 (2009). 60% with online access. 51% of these are online only susbcriptions.

Acquisitions Manual of operations

Page Created & Maintained by: Emily Hutton-Hughes | Last Updated: November 22, 2010 | © 2009

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