Hi Brian.
Summarizing can be so difficult, especially when one is trying not to give too
much away. But then, one can only share the information one has been given,
too. Perhaps I'll have something more interesting to share once I add in the
bookseller's perspective.
If anything interesting comes up, I'd be glad to hear of it.
Cheers,
Teri
Quoting Jarndyce <books@jarndyce.co.uk>:
> Dear Teri
> Thanks for your brief summary. I would expect that there will be some
> disappointed people out there who were perhaps expecting something more!
> >From a personal perspective, I hope that I finish my bookselling days
> before
> the need to standardise descriptions and take a picture of every book and
> halfpenny pamphlet. On the other hand, it's interesting to see that
> librarians, while utilising the bookselling sites, are tending to continue
> dealing with reliable, known dealers.
> Best wishes
> Brian Lake
>
> P.S. I am going to an ABA meeting today on the internet. If anything
> useful comes out of discussions, I'll let you know.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terence SJ Osborn" <tjosborn@indiana.edu>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:27 PM
> Subject: [EXLIBRIS:30312] Research Summary.
>
>
> > Several people inquired as to the results of my research into how the
> Internet
> > is/has affected institutional acquisitions. Below are some of the key
> points of
> > the paper. Also, I will be looking further into this matter, so if anyone
> still
> > has acquisition experiences they would like to share, please email me off
> the
> > list.
> >
> > ------------
> >
> > Many people are now purchasing their books via online dealers. However,
> they
> > tend to be known dealers, making the utilization of the internet rather
> similar
> > to catalogue purchases. Using the internet is easy, it's fast, and one can
> now
> > locate items one would have searched for for years in mere minutes.
> >
> > One important issue is the standardization of item descriptions online --
> it
> > needs to happen. The description is the buyer's only link to the book,
> since
> > s/he is not in a shop handling the item. It is therefore important that
> the
> > descriptions become standardized, and if possible, include images.
> >
> > One respondent replied that the internet as a tool would be generational,
> and I
> > agree completely. As our society moves forward technologically, it becomes
> more
> > and more key that dealers have their wares available online. I make no
> comment
> > on the decline or prosperity of shops -- I myself love to browse bookshops
> and
> > smell the books. However, there are few such places near me, and I do much
> of
> > my purchasing online. The same can be said of dealers located in the
> middle of
> > Nebraska -- all of a sudden, they can reach the market more easily. But,
> as our
> > society does become more technologically motivated and dependent, I feel
> that
> > the internet will become a highly utilized, and hopefully more
> specialized,
> > tool for the next generation of booksellers.
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > Thanks again to everyone who contributed. Again, if persons have more
> > information and experience to offer up, I'd be highly interested.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ms. Teri Osborn
> >
> >
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