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    Stanford University Libraries Redesign Report

    Appendix 4
    Vendor Responses to SUL RFI

    The charts on the following two pages summarize vendor responses to the SUL RFI for technical services. The responses only include services that currently are offered by each vendor and do not reflect services which vendors are developing or planning to offer in the future. For the most part, vendor responses are indicated with simple "yes" or "no" statements. A question mark (?) appears when a vendor did not respond or the response was unclear.

    Vendors are separated into four categories:

    • Domestic jobbers specializing in acquisitions services, but also offering cataloging and end-processing services
    • Serials vendors specializing in subscription services, with no cataloging or end-processing services
    • Foreign jobbers specializing in acquisitions, with some degree of cataloging and end-processing services
    • Bibliographic utilities and vendors specializing in cataloging and end-processing services, with no acquisitions services

    The chart on the first page describes the availability of the following ACQUISITIONS services offered by each vendor:

    • Area of specialization
    • Monographs
    • Serials
    • Documents
    • Non-print material
    • Out-of-print material
    • Serials check-in services
    • Deposit account services
    • Electronic ordering
    • Electronic invoicing
    • EDI services in general
    • NOTIS interface

    The chart on the second page describes the availability of the following CATALOGING and END-PROCESSING services offered by each vendor:

    • Area of specialization
    • Library of Congress copy cataloging
    • Upgraded Library of Congress copy cataloging (including CIP upgrades)
    • Member copy cataloging
    • Original cataloging
    • Added copies and added volumes cataloging
    • Classed-together and classed-separately series cataloging
    • Hebrew paired fields
    • Added-value cataloging (abstracts, author names, contents, etc.)
    • Monograph end-processing services
    • Non-print end-processing services
    • Linked barcode on item and bibliographic record

    Vendor Responses to SUL RFI

    Vendor         Acq             Specialities Mono Ser Docs   NonP OutP  SerCh-I Dep  E     E       Acq  Notis
    Comments                                                        Acct Order Invoice EDI  Int
    Ambassador     slips/so        up/sci-tech  yes  yes yes    no   yes   yes     yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Blackwell NA   app/slips/so    US/Canada    yes  yes yes    no   yes   no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    BH Blackwell   app/slips/so    UK/Eur/etc.  yes  yes yes    no   yes   no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Book House     app/slip/so     US/audiovis  yes  yes no     yes  no    no      ?    yes   yes     yes  ?
    Coutts         app/slips/so    US/Can/UK    yes  yes yes    yes  no    no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    ISM/AcaBkCtr   app/slips/so    US/Canada    yes  yes yes    yes  yes   no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Midwest Lib    app/slips/so    up/sci-tech  yes  no  yes    no   yes   no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Prof Media S   slips/so        audiovisual  no   AV  no     yes  no    no      yes  yes   no      yes  no
    Yankee BkPe    app/bo/slips/   US/Can/UK    yes  yes yes    yes  no    no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Blackwell Pe   subscriptions   serials      no   yes yes    yes  yes   yes     yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    EBSCO          subscriptions   serials      no   yes yes    yes  yes   no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Faxon          subscriptions   serials      no   yes yes    yes  yes   no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Readmore       subscriptions   serials      no   yes yes    no   yes   yes     yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Swets&Zeitli   subscriptions   serials      no   yes yes    yes  yes   yes     yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Aux Amateurs   app/bo/slips/   France       yes  yes yes    yes  yes   no      yes  yes   no      yes  no
    Casalini Lib   app/bo/slips/   Italy        yes  yes yes    yes  yes   yes     yes  yes   yes     yes  no
    East View      app/bo/so       Russia/etc.  yes  yes yes    yes  yes   no      yes  yes   ?       yes  no
    Harrassowitz   app/so          Germany/Eur  yes  yes yes    yes  yes   yes     yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Japan Public   app/bo/so       Japan        yes  yes yes    no   yes   no      yes  no    no      no   no
    Lib Porcelli   app/bo/so       Italy        yes  yes yes    no   no    no      no   no    no      no   no
    Lindsay&How    app/so          UK           yes  yes yes    yes  yes   no      yes  yes   no      no   no
    M. Nijhoff     app/so          Europe       yes  yes yes    yes  no    no      yes  yes   yes     yes  yes
    Nedbook        app/so          Europe       yes  yes yes    yes  yes   yes     yes  yes   no      no   no
    Jean Touzot    app/bo/so       France/Eur   yes  yes yes    yes  yes   no      no   no    no      no   no
    Amigos         no services     no           no   no  no     no   no    no      no   no    no      no   yes
    OCLC           no services     no           no   no  no     no   no    no      no   no    no      no   yes
    RLG            no services     no           no   no  no     no   no    no      no   no    no      no   yes
    WLN            no services     no           no   no  no     no   no    no      no   no    no      no   no
    

    Vendor Responses to SUL RFI

    Vendor         Cat             LC   LC+ Mem Orig AC/AV Cl       Hebrew  AdVal MonProc NonP Link Bar
    Comments        Copy                    Tog/Sep          Cat           Proc
    Ambassador     monographs      yes  no  no  no   yes   yes      no      no    yes     yes  yes
    Blackwell NA   monographs      yes  no  no  no   no    no       no      yes   yes     no   no
    BH Blackwell   monographs      yes  no  no  no   no    no       no      yes   yes     no   no
    Book House     no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Coutts         monographs      yes  yes yes yes  ?     yes      no      no    yes     no   yes
    ISM/AcaBkCtr   just starting   yes  yes yes yes  yes   yes      no      yes   yes     yes  ?
    Midwest Lib    monographs      yes  no  yes ?    no    no       yes     no    yes     no   yes
    Prof Media S   audiovisual     yes  yes no  yes  yes   yes      no      yes   no      yes  yes
    Yankee Bk Pe   monographs      yes  no  no  no   yes   yes      no      no    yes     yes  yes
    Blackwell Pe   no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    EBSCO          serials only    yes  no  yes no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Faxon          no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Readmore       no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Swets&Zeitli   no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Aux Amatuers   no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Casalini Lib   no LC sub hdg   no   no  no  yes  no    no       no      no    some    no   no
    East View      just starting   no   no  no  yes  no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Harrassowitz   no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Japan Public   no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Lib Porcelli   no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Lindsay&How    no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    M. Nijhoff     no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Nedbook        no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Jean Touzot    no services     no   no  no  no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    Amigos         all formats/r   yes  yes yes yes  yes   yes      no      yes   yes     yes  yes
    OCLC           all formats/l   yes  yes yes yes  yes   yes      no      yes   yes     yes  yes
    RLG            no services     yes  no  yes no   no    no       no      no    no      no   no
    WLN            all formats     yes  yes yes yes  yes   yes      no      yes   no      no   no
    

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