The TS-SIS Acquisitions Committee met on Tuesday, July 23, at 7 a.m. In attendance: Brian Quigley (Chair), Jim Mumm (TS Chair), Teddy Arzt, Cynthia Aninao, Sandy Beehler, Maria Cap, Joe Custer, Karen Douglas, Mary Ertl, Jo Anne Giammattei, Mary McKee, Jack Montgomery, Kent Milunovich, Alice Pidgeon, Susan Ryan.

» POLICY STATEMENTS: The group discussed having statements for deselection/weeding, collection development, and gifts on the University of Texas WWW site as well as having paper copies available. Brian volunteered to post notices on LAW-LIB to request samples of these policy statements. Alice will submit deselection/weeding statements and Carol Hinchcliff will be asked about gifts statements as a result of her successful program last Monday.

» STATUS OF LAWACQ: LAWACQ will remain a moderated discussion group coordinated by Cynthia Aninao instead of going to an automated listserv. The Committee preferred the human control. This discussion group does not generate much traffic which would create a lot of work. Acquisitions questions appearing on LAW-LIB are also a valuable input but the Committee liked having a select group of acquisitions librarians with whom to discuss issues. Brian Quigley will coordinate LAWACQ in Cynthia's absence.

» ACQUISITIONS WORKSHOP: The workshop will be held this Thursday, July 25. Last count for registration was 49, the highest for any institute or workshop this year. Jack Montgomery will write a summary of the entire workshop and Teddy Arzt, Karen Douglas, Alice Pidgeon, and Kaaren Pupino will record the breakout sessions. These will be posted on LAWACQ and LAW-LIB and submitted to TS SIS Librarian, the AALL Spectrum, and Against the Grain.

» FOREIGN VENDOR SURVEY: There was sufficient interest in updating this list. Mary Ertl and Harold Moren sent out surveys in June and have received vendor listings from all over the world. Anna Belle Leiserson has offered to post on ACQWEB. Brian Quigley will make paper copies available. Jim Mumm will investigate the possibility of having TS SIS publish this work.

» ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM IDEAS: Jim Mumm would like all TS program proposals for the 1998 Anaheim Meeting formulated by Jan-Mar of 1997. Karen Douglas will be the Acquisitions Committee rep to the TS Education Committtee. All the programs will be rated top-notch instead of ranking them as previously done. For the 1998 Anaheim meeting, Jack Montgomery will submit a proposal on the current state of legal publishing and Karen Douglas will submit a proposal on the human element in organizational change. Cynthia Aninao proposed a program on ethics for vendors and libraries. Previous program ideas are in files with Mike Petit, Jim Mumm, Rhonda Lawrence, and Jack Montgomery.

» ACQUISITIONS DIRECTORY: There was sufficient interest for this as a result of the recent TS survey. The Committee suggested including information on library systems used and specialties. Brian will post a request for information on LAWACQ.

» CHARLESTON CONFERENCE: Jack announced that the 1996 theme will be "Money Talks". Against the Grain (ATG) is the publication of the Charleston Conference. Law-related columns in ATG include JURIS LIBRIS and BIZ of ACQ. Jack reported that it was easy to get involved in the Charleston Conference and ATG and encouraged more people to do so.

» ACQUISITIONS ROUNDTABLE: The Roundtable will be this afternoon at 12 noon in room 146. Bring your own lunch.

» COURT RECORDS, INC.: Members reported on dealings with this vendor who used to be called Microform Inc. Tax liens are still being levied by the IRS. All agreed to be cautious in their dealings and keep each other informed.

» CCH: The group discussed the billing and customer service difficulties with this vendor over the past couple of years. CCH has been restructured and is introducing a new computer system. A good field rep or home office customer service rep (Kevin Roberts is the Head of Customer Service) can be instrumental in solving a library's problems.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 a.m.