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--- selecting_vendors_for_monographs [2009/05/22 18:09]
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+++ selecting_vendors_for_monographs [2016/04/11 17:46]
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 ====== Selecting Vendors for Monographs DRAFT ======
-Formatting and syntax on this page may still need work. FIXME
+Formatting and syntax on this page may still need work.
 ===== Current U.S. Publications (published within the last 2 years)  =====
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    *   Yank3 for RUSH orders placed on Yankee website’s Express service
-  * Yank4 for juvenile books, both approval and orders placed
   * Gobi2 automatically set for selectors’ slips orders via Gobi website
 ==== Any U.S. titles older than 2 years not listed on Yankee website as in stock ====
-Split between Book House (Bookm) and Midwest (Mwest).
+Order from Amazon if it's not an Endowment or FOL order.
+If it is an Endowment or FOL order use Midwest.
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 Order from Amazon if they have it (often a marketplace vendor) or another OP source such as Abebooks or Alibris using a credit card.
-==== DVD & Video ====
+==== Endowment and FOL orders ====
-Check non-credit card vendors first— Facets, Films for the Humanities
+   * You cannot use a credit card for these orders.
-Use Amazon or other online vendors next or if needed RUSH
+   * If possible, order from Yankee as a RUSH on the GOBI website. (Select the free shipping option.)
+  * If it's not in stock with Yankee, then send the order to Midwest.
+  * Be sure to specify very clearly that the item needs to be invoiced separately because it is being paid with special funds.
+==== DVD & Video ====
+Use Amazon or other online vendors if possible.
+Midwest Tape may also be an option but it is not fast, and the order form has to be done just right because the items will come shelf-ready.
 ==== Music orders ====
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+===== Books that list several countries in their imprint =====
+== Current (published within the last 2 years) publications with a U.S. office ==
+Follow suggestions for current U.S. publications
+== Older publications with U.S. office ==
+check if “in stock” with U.S. sources
-==== Portugal ====
+If available, order locally.
- Use Livraria Portugal
+If not, order from vendor for original country
-==== Italy ====
+EX:  London; New York; Johannesburg : Oxford University Press, 1995
-Use Casalini
+If Yankee or Amazon has this, order there. Be sure to check Amazon sites of other countries- AmazonUK, AmazonDE, etc.
+ ===== Vendors not to use =====
+== Do not use the following vendors: ==
-===== Books that list several countries in their imprint =====
+  * Random House (they will not acknowledge tax exempt status on orders)
+  * Barnes and Noble (they do not properly handle tax exempt status on orders)
-Current (published within the last 2 years) publications with a U.S. office – follow suggestions for current U.S. publications
-Older publications with U.S. office—check if “in stock” with U.S. sources
-If available, order locally.  If not, order from vendor for original country
-EX:  London; New York; Johannesburg : Oxford University Press, 1995
-If Yankee or Amazon has this, order there
-If not, order from Lindsay & Croft in the U.K.  If it’s available at all, it would be available in England.
-EX: Madrid; Mexico City : Playa & Janes, 2005
-Unless you’re looking at an advertisement for this book in a Mexican catalog, order this from Spain.
  --- //[[rebecca@library.umass.edu|Primary Contact: Rebecca Addison]] 2009/05/20 14:25//