Re: [IUG] Ordering AV materials with EDIFACT

["Rees, Joshua" <rees at plsinfo dot org>]

We have been EDIFACT ordering from B&T for both books and media.  
 
The ordering process itself is fine, but there are a couple of issues with media items.  Many do not have an ISBN, so B&T creates one for it, especially for ordering purposes.  However, this "fake" ISBN is not in existing records or records from other sources, so when obtaining the records from B&T (we use TitleSource3), the records usually have to be merged with preexisting records after having been ordered.  The other problem is that B&T has told us that they only do Electronic Invoicing for books, not for media (dvds/cds), so those invoices still have to be done by hand.
 
Hope this helps, feel free to ask more questions or call if you wish.
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Joshua Rees  Youth Services Librarian   Daly City Public Library, 40 Wembley Drive, Daly City, CA 94015 
            Phone: 650-746-8302                  Email:    rees at plsinfo dot org <mailto:rees at plsinfo dot org>  
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From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org on behalf of Karen Kriegel
Sent: Thu 1/3/08 11:22
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: [IUG] Ordering AV materials with EDIFACT



We are looking to expand our EDIFACT ordering with two more media
vendors, Baker & Taylor and Midwest Tapes.

Does anyone have experience ordering from one or both of these vendors?
We would also be interested in electronic invoicing in the near future.

I would appreciate any shared experiences and/or advice.

Thanks,

Karen Kriegel
Acquisitions Librarian
San Francisco Public Library
95 Washburn Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-2610 USA
415-557-4339
kkriegel at sfpl dot org

My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true
architecture, I got out of the public library.

                - Isaac ASIMOV. New York: Doubleday, 1994.
               



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