For you commuters or anyone about to take a long road trip, the Dick Smith Library has a growing collection of audiobooks in CD format, with many audiobooks still available in cassette format. They are located on the lower level of the library, just to the right in the Audiovisual Collection area as you exit the elevator or the stairs. You can check them out for four weeks; plenty of time to take them on a vacation (just be sure you don't lose any of the pieces!).
Here are some of our newest acquisitions. Many of these are donations from faculty and staff:
HF5438.25 .G58 2008 - The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness by Jeffrey Gitomer - winner of a 2009 Audie Award for best Business/Educational title
PR6057 .R386 C66 2005C - The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory - historical fiction about Catherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives
PS3552 .U723 S93 2008B - Swan Peak by James Lee Burke - another adventure of Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux.
PS3553 .L287 J87 2009B - Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark
PS3553 .L287 T96 2006D - Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
PS3557 .R5355 F67 2009B - Ford County by John Grisham - a collection of short stories set in fictional Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill
PS3563 .A3535 W5 2005 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire - the story of the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wonderfiul Wizard of Oz, and the inspiration for the musical of the same name
PS3568 .O243 B536 2009B - Black Hills by Nora Roberts
PS3568 .O243 R45 2003B - Remember When by Nora Roberts
PS3569 .T3655 A88 2008B - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - a heartwarming dog story
PS3571 .P4 W48 2008AB - The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike - a sequel to The Witches of Eastwick
PS3608 .A876 A79 2010B - Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin - a fictionalized account of the life of the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
PT9876.22 .A6933 M3613 2008B - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson - a modern thriller/mystery set in Sweden
PZ7 .S80857 WH 2009B - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead - a time travel story set in 1970s New York City, and this year's Newbery Medal winner
Suggestions for CD format audiobook purchases are always welcome; use the comments for this post!
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Some New Audiobooks
For you commuters or anyone about to take a long road trip, the Dick Smith Library has a growing collection of audiobooks in CD format, with many audiobooks still available in cassette format. They are located on the lower level of the library, just to the right in the Audiovisual Collection area as you exit the elevator or the stairs. You can check them out for four weeks; plenty of time to take them on a vacation (just be sure you don't lose any of the pieces!). Here are some of our newest acquisitions:
History-General
F592.7 .A49 1996B - Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West, by noted historian Stephen E. Ambrose
F1230 .L45 2008AB - Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs by Buddy Levy
Social Science
HD31 .B527 2003AB - The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard
HM1033 .G53 2007 - The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell
Political Science
JK468.I6 B89 2008D - Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent, by Fred Burton
Education
LD571 .B418 S383 2004AB - Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom
Literature
PQ9281.A66 E6813 2008AB - Blindness, a dystopian novel by Nobel Literature prize-winner Jose Saramago
PR6119.E86 T48 2006AB - The Thirteenth Tale, a Gothic suspense novel by Diane Setterfield
PS3555.B4824 A615 2008AB - The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff, a novel with a present-day murder mystery intertwined with a fictionalized memoir (that's based on a real one written in 1875), all involving polygamy
PS3566.I372 H37 2008 - Harvesting the Heart, by bestselling author Jodi Picoult
PS3569.E314 W48 2008 - When You Are Engulfed in Flames, humor by David Sedaris
PS3569.T736 O5 2008AB - Olive Kitteridge, this year's Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction by Elizabeth Strout, a set of 13 short stories linked by the title character, a 60-something math teacher in Maine
PS3602.A777548 L131 2008 - The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, suspense set in present-day Salem, Massachusetts
PS3607.R696 W38 2006AB - Water for Elephants, historical fiction set in and around a Depression-era circus, by Sara Gruen
PZ7.Z837 BOO 2006C - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, historical fiction set in World War II Germany, with Death as the narrator
Suggestions for CD format audiobook purchases are always welcome; use the comments area below!
History-General
F592.7 .A49 1996B - Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West, by noted historian Stephen E. Ambrose
F1230 .L45 2008AB - Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs by Buddy Levy
Social Science
HD31 .B527 2003AB - The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard
HM1033 .G53 2007 - The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell
Political Science
JK468.I6 B89 2008D - Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent, by Fred Burton
Education
LD571 .B418 S383 2004AB - Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom
Literature
PQ9281.A66 E6813 2008AB - Blindness, a dystopian novel by Nobel Literature prize-winner Jose Saramago
PR6119.E86 T48 2006AB - The Thirteenth Tale, a Gothic suspense novel by Diane Setterfield
PS3555.B4824 A615 2008AB - The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff, a novel with a present-day murder mystery intertwined with a fictionalized memoir (that's based on a real one written in 1875), all involving polygamy
PS3566.I372 H37 2008 - Harvesting the Heart, by bestselling author Jodi Picoult
PS3569.E314 W48 2008 - When You Are Engulfed in Flames, humor by David Sedaris
PS3569.T736 O5 2008AB - Olive Kitteridge, this year's Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction by Elizabeth Strout, a set of 13 short stories linked by the title character, a 60-something math teacher in Maine
PS3602.A777548 L131 2008 - The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, suspense set in present-day Salem, Massachusetts
PS3607.R696 W38 2006AB - Water for Elephants, historical fiction set in and around a Depression-era circus, by Sara Gruen
PZ7.Z837 BOO 2006C - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, historical fiction set in World War II Germany, with Death as the narrator
Suggestions for CD format audiobook purchases are always welcome; use the comments area below!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
From Warehouse to Our House - Part 3
How items are added to the Dick Smith Library Collection
Part 3 - Acquisitions - Receiving Items
The receiving process for new books and other items at the library is rather complex, varying depending on the way the library acquires them: through the Blackwell approval plan, departmental budgets, the library’s budget for specialty items, and standing orders.
A standing order is one the library places to receive all parts of a multi-part work as volumes are published, such as multi-volume reference works, until a publisher or vendor is notified to cancel or the multi-part work is complete. When these items come in, the library’s Primary Standing Order list is updated with the received date and item cost from the invoice. A post-it note is placed in the front of each book with ‘SO’ and the vendor, the received date, and invoice cost. The invoices then go to Acquisitions Assistant Kay Wiley for payment in the university’s Financial Accounting Management Information System (FAMIS).
Acquisitions Librarian Jodee Tennyson, and Assistant Director for Monographs and Technical Services Glenda Stone handle the Blackwell approval plan books when they come in. They check the titles against the invoice included with the books. They write the invoice number and the date received on a card provided with each book, and then place the books with the cards on shelves sorted by academic department, where the library’s liaisons to those departments (and sometimes professors from those departments) review them and decide which to keep and which to send back. Again, the invoices go to Kay for posting in an Excel worksheet. Books that are sent back to Blackwell are credited back to our account with them so the money can be spent on other approval plan books.
Items that are ordered individually, whether from academic department or library funds, are given an “R number” by FAMIS, and this number is also entered into Workflows, our integrated library system (the software that drives our circulation and catalog systems), by Jodee. Kay posts the relevant information in the appropriate account worksheet and requests that the R number be changed to a P (purchase order) number in FAMIS. All the paperwork is labeled and filed, and then Kay and her student workers wait for the books to come in.
Orders come into the University’s Central Receiving department, and then to the library where the delivery form is dated and signed. Kay and her workers unpack shipments and place them on a book truck with the shipping forms. Items are matched against the invoices and/or packing list, and the item’s paperwork is pulled from the files and updated with the received date and the item’s cost, and Workflows is updated to show that the item has been received. When the invoice is received for the items Kay then will process the invoice for payment.
A library pocket is inserted or paper-clipped to the books or audiovisual items along with relevant paperwork. Audiobooks with more than four discs are put into a vinyl binder with cloth sleeves for the CDs, and the cardboard case the audiobook came in is cut apart and inserted in the outer cover sleeve of the binder. The date received, vendor, funding source, selector (if applicable), and item cost are also written in the book's gutter across from the copyright page (or, for audiovisual items, on the library pocket that was inserted). Then the items are moved to cataloging – this step will be discussed next week.
Part 3 - Acquisitions - Receiving Items
The receiving process for new books and other items at the library is rather complex, varying depending on the way the library acquires them: through the Blackwell approval plan, departmental budgets, the library’s budget for specialty items, and standing orders.
A standing order is one the library places to receive all parts of a multi-part work as volumes are published, such as multi-volume reference works, until a publisher or vendor is notified to cancel or the multi-part work is complete. When these items come in, the library’s Primary Standing Order list is updated with the received date and item cost from the invoice. A post-it note is placed in the front of each book with ‘SO’ and the vendor, the received date, and invoice cost. The invoices then go to Acquisitions Assistant Kay Wiley for payment in the university’s Financial Accounting Management Information System (FAMIS).
Acquisitions Librarian Jodee Tennyson, and Assistant Director for Monographs and Technical Services Glenda Stone handle the Blackwell approval plan books when they come in. They check the titles against the invoice included with the books. They write the invoice number and the date received on a card provided with each book, and then place the books with the cards on shelves sorted by academic department, where the library’s liaisons to those departments (and sometimes professors from those departments) review them and decide which to keep and which to send back. Again, the invoices go to Kay for posting in an Excel worksheet. Books that are sent back to Blackwell are credited back to our account with them so the money can be spent on other approval plan books.
Items that are ordered individually, whether from academic department or library funds, are given an “R number” by FAMIS, and this number is also entered into Workflows, our integrated library system (the software that drives our circulation and catalog systems), by Jodee. Kay posts the relevant information in the appropriate account worksheet and requests that the R number be changed to a P (purchase order) number in FAMIS. All the paperwork is labeled and filed, and then Kay and her student workers wait for the books to come in.
Orders come into the University’s Central Receiving department, and then to the library where the delivery form is dated and signed. Kay and her workers unpack shipments and place them on a book truck with the shipping forms. Items are matched against the invoices and/or packing list, and the item’s paperwork is pulled from the files and updated with the received date and the item’s cost, and Workflows is updated to show that the item has been received. When the invoice is received for the items Kay then will process the invoice for payment.
A library pocket is inserted or paper-clipped to the books or audiovisual items along with relevant paperwork. Audiobooks with more than four discs are put into a vinyl binder with cloth sleeves for the CDs, and the cardboard case the audiobook came in is cut apart and inserted in the outer cover sleeve of the binder. The date received, vendor, funding source, selector (if applicable), and item cost are also written in the book's gutter across from the copyright page (or, for audiovisual items, on the library pocket that was inserted). Then the items are moved to cataloging – this step will be discussed next week.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
From Warehouse to Our House: Part 2
How items are added to the Dick Smith Library Collection
Part 2 - Acquisitions - Ordering Items
Last week’s post was about selection of items the library acquires through the Blackwell approval plan, CHOICE cards and departmental budgets, and other specialty materials through Baker and Taylor and other vendors. Purchase orders are issued to encumber the funds for these items and provide the state authority to purchase them. We receive discounts thanks to agreements the state, the Texas A&M University System, and Tarleton have negotiated with various vendors.
Approval plan books that we keep are charged against the approval plan budget. The budget is allocated with 40% spent in the fall semester, 40% in the spring, and 20% in the summer. Departments must spend the money in their budgets by Spring Break. That’s also the deadline for most specialty materials. Acquisitions Assistant Kay Wiley, along with Administrative Services Coordinator Linda Land, are responsible for this tracking.
In all cases (approval plan, departmental budget orders, or specialty materials), Acquisitions Librarian Jodee Tennyson creates an order record in Workflows, our integrated library system (the software that drives our circulation and catalog systems). This allows all staff to know that an item has been ordered, and creates a tracking mechanism for it, as well as simplifying cataloging (part 4!) down the line. The bibliographic information for the item is pulled from the Library of Congress and into Workflows.
Books and other materials are also obtained through donations. The library will accept donations of materials in good condition, with the understanding that we are not obligated to include them in our collections. Items that are not added to the collection are generally given to the Friends of the Dick Smith Library, a nonprofit organization that holds a book sale each summer. Profits from the sale are used to fund special programs and purchase items the library needs – including more books and other materials!
Part 2 - Acquisitions - Ordering Items
Last week’s post was about selection of items the library acquires through the Blackwell approval plan, CHOICE cards and departmental budgets, and other specialty materials through Baker and Taylor and other vendors. Purchase orders are issued to encumber the funds for these items and provide the state authority to purchase them. We receive discounts thanks to agreements the state, the Texas A&M University System, and Tarleton have negotiated with various vendors.
Approval plan books that we keep are charged against the approval plan budget. The budget is allocated with 40% spent in the fall semester, 40% in the spring, and 20% in the summer. Departments must spend the money in their budgets by Spring Break. That’s also the deadline for most specialty materials. Acquisitions Assistant Kay Wiley, along with Administrative Services Coordinator Linda Land, are responsible for this tracking.
In all cases (approval plan, departmental budget orders, or specialty materials), Acquisitions Librarian Jodee Tennyson creates an order record in Workflows, our integrated library system (the software that drives our circulation and catalog systems). This allows all staff to know that an item has been ordered, and creates a tracking mechanism for it, as well as simplifying cataloging (part 4!) down the line. The bibliographic information for the item is pulled from the Library of Congress and into Workflows.
Books and other materials are also obtained through donations. The library will accept donations of materials in good condition, with the understanding that we are not obligated to include them in our collections. Items that are not added to the collection are generally given to the Friends of the Dick Smith Library, a nonprofit organization that holds a book sale each summer. Profits from the sale are used to fund special programs and purchase items the library needs – including more books and other materials!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
From Warehouse to Our House: Part 1
How items are added to the Dick Smith Library Collection
Part 1 - Acquisitions - Selecting Items
Books get selected for the library in a number of different ways. The library has an approval plan set up with one of our main vendors, Blackwell. Based on a carefully developed (and often tweaked) “profile” of the library’s needs, Blackwell sends us a number of books each week in a variety of disciplines. The librarians review the books for the departments for which they are liaisons, and sometimes faculty members from those departments review the books as well. Books that are rejected get sent back to Blackwell, those that are to be added move to the next step (next week!). In general, with a well-developed profile, the library will keep about 95% of the books sent through the approval plan and only reject about 5%.
Each department in the university also has a budget to purchase books (or other materials – Fine Arts purchases a lot of music CDs, for example). The budget is based on enrollment in its courses as well as a number of other factors. Acquisitions Librarian Jodee Tennyson sorts through a bundle of “CHOICE cards” sent to her each month. These cards include bibliographic information as well as a review of the book from CHOICE, a publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association. Jodee sends the cards to the faculty representative to the University’s Library Committee for the applicable departments, so they are aware of newly published materials in their fields. Departments are also able to order other materials, which Jodee will search for with Blackwell or our other main vendor, Baker and Taylor (B&T), as well as Amazon or specialty vendors if needed.
The library also has budgets for some specialty materials, like children’s literature for the curriculum collection, audiovisual (AV) materials (particularly audiobooks), and state-adopted textbooks for use in public schools for prekindergarten though 12th grade. Amanda Pape, Special Services Librarian, gets to select these items! In the case of the state-adopted textbooks, she works off the Instructional Materials Bulletin, a list of state-approved textbooks provided by the Texas Education Agency. She has to contact the textbook publishers or their depositories in Texas and obtain prices (since we pay for one student edition and one teacher edition of most titles adopted in the state) Once she gets pricing, Jodee and Acquisitions Assistant Kay Wiley actually place the orders (step 2 – next week!).
The children’s literature and AV are more fun. Amanda selects a lot of award-winning children’s books as well as audiobooks for all ages. She searches for the items on , which requires a login to create a “cart.” The main limits are that the item be currently in stock, and preferably available in a hardbound edition (for books, since children’s paperback books don’t last long) or unabridged CDs (for audiobooks). She adds the items she wants to order to her cart, with tags in the notes field to remind her why she ordered them (the children’s literature class needs a lot of picture books in different genres, for example).
screenshot of item in a sample "cart"
Once she has completed a cart, Amanda e-mails it to Jodee, who adds the required information to actually place the order. Ordering books will be discussed next week!
[This is the first of a five-part series on how items are added to the Dick Smith Library collection. Check back next Wednesday for Part 2 - Ordering.]
Part 1 - Acquisitions - Selecting Items
Books get selected for the library in a number of different ways. The library has an approval plan set up with one of our main vendors, Blackwell. Based on a carefully developed (and often tweaked) “profile” of the library’s needs, Blackwell sends us a number of books each week in a variety of disciplines. The librarians review the books for the departments for which they are liaisons, and sometimes faculty members from those departments review the books as well. Books that are rejected get sent back to Blackwell, those that are to be added move to the next step (next week!). In general, with a well-developed profile, the library will keep about 95% of the books sent through the approval plan and only reject about 5%.
Each department in the university also has a budget to purchase books (or other materials – Fine Arts purchases a lot of music CDs, for example). The budget is based on enrollment in its courses as well as a number of other factors. Acquisitions Librarian Jodee Tennyson sorts through a bundle of “CHOICE cards” sent to her each month. These cards include bibliographic information as well as a review of the book from CHOICE, a publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association. Jodee sends the cards to the faculty representative to the University’s Library Committee for the applicable departments, so they are aware of newly published materials in their fields. Departments are also able to order other materials, which Jodee will search for with Blackwell or our other main vendor, Baker and Taylor (B&T), as well as Amazon or specialty vendors if needed.
The library also has budgets for some specialty materials, like children’s literature for the curriculum collection, audiovisual (AV) materials (particularly audiobooks), and state-adopted textbooks for use in public schools for prekindergarten though 12th grade. Amanda Pape, Special Services Librarian, gets to select these items! In the case of the state-adopted textbooks, she works off the Instructional Materials Bulletin, a list of state-approved textbooks provided by the Texas Education Agency. She has to contact the textbook publishers or their depositories in Texas and obtain prices (since we pay for one student edition and one teacher edition of most titles adopted in the state) Once she gets pricing, Jodee and Acquisitions Assistant Kay Wiley actually place the orders (step 2 – next week!).
The children’s literature and AV are more fun. Amanda selects a lot of award-winning children’s books as well as audiobooks for all ages. She searches for the items on , which requires a login to create a “cart.” The main limits are that the item be currently in stock, and preferably available in a hardbound edition (for books, since children’s paperback books don’t last long) or unabridged CDs (for audiobooks). She adds the items she wants to order to her cart, with tags in the notes field to remind her why she ordered them (the children’s literature class needs a lot of picture books in different genres, for example).
screenshot of item in a sample "cart"Once she has completed a cart, Amanda e-mails it to Jodee, who adds the required information to actually place the order. Ordering books will be discussed next week!
[This is the first of a five-part series on how items are added to the Dick Smith Library collection. Check back next Wednesday for Part 2 - Ordering.]
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