General Information About the Cooperative Acquisitions Programs
- The Cooperative Acquisitions Programs are open to any library or
research institution wishing to acquire publications from any of the
following countries: Bangladesh, Burma, China (for Tibetan), India,
the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
- Participants sign up for each country individually and can opt to
receive publications from only one country or from as many countries
as listed.
- Participants receive sets of publications according to a profile
which they define based on predetermined subject, language, degree
of selectivity and other categories available for selection.
- Profiles for Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and for twelve
of the languages of India are identical as far as subject categories
are concerned. The subject profile for English publications from India
has the largest number of options. The following languages and formats
can be acquired only in sets, i.e., they are not available for selection
by subject: From India: Arabic, Assamese, European languages, Hindi
dialects, Kashmiri, Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali, Pali, Persian, Prakrit,
Rajasthani, Sindhi, and tribal languages. From Bangladesh: Arabic
and Urdu. From Sri Lanka: Pali and Tamil. From Nepal: Newari and Sanskrit.
From Burma: Kachen, Karen, Mon, and Shan. From all countries: video
and sound recordings.
- The Tibetan program has distinct subject profile. This program cross
geographic and political boundaries -- participating libraries receive
materials published in a number of countries where publishing in Tibetan
takes place.
For a description of the subject profiles available see:
Profile for India and Bhutan - English Publications
Profile for Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Major Indian Languages
Profile for Tibetan Publications from India, China
and Nepal
- Participants joining a program for the first time deposit with the
Library of Congress Disbursing Office an amount estimated to cover
the costs of their selected profile for one year. Profile costs are
based on past history of purchases for the program. They do not represent
actual prices of publications known to exist, but are an estimate
of the amount needed to purchase forthcoming or newly identified books
in those categories.
- For a list of cost estimates for the Current Fiscal Year see:
Cost Estimates for English Publications
from India
Cost Estimates for Indian Vernacular
Languages
Cost Estimates for Bangladesh
Cost Estimates for Burma
Cost Estimates for Nepal
Cost Estimates for Sri Lanka
Cost Estimates for the Tibetan Program
- For a current list of libraries participating in the Cooperative
Acquisitions Programs run by the New Delhi Office, see:
Libraries Participating in the
Programs run by the New Delhi Office
- Serials are selected title by title. To see the list of titles available
for selection, please search the Serials
Database
- New serials, reprints, expensive titles ($50.00 and above) and some
materials of limited interest are offered periodically to program
participants via the SACAP list serve.
- Unbound monographs acquired for the program are bound before being
shipped to participants.
- Participants may choose to receive their serials on a current basis,
unbound, or bound after the completion of the volume.
- Participants are billed annually for the estimated cost of publications,
binding, and shipping. In addition, the office charges an indirect
and overhead charge over the estimated cost of materials to be acquired
in a year. The current overhead charge for the Cooperative Acquisitions
Programs administered by the New Delhi Office is 36% over the cost
of publications.
- Monthly reports on the status of participant accounts are mounted
on the SACAP web site, maintained by the office for the benefit of
the participants. Fiscal reports account for moneys deposited for
the acquisition of publications, as well as for binding and shipping
expenses, and include the number of pieces on order and purchased,
amount disbursed and obligated, and the balances in each of the participant's
accounts as of the date of the report.
- Any amount not obligated at the end of a fiscal year will be used
to defray the costs of the participant's estimated bill for the
following year.
- In the event that the amount billed proves insufficient to cover
the cost of materials, the Library of Congress will submit a supplementary
bill to the participant to cover the shortfall, or will stop ordering
books for the participant depending upon the instructions of the participant.
As a government agency, the Library of Congress is prohibited by law
from extending credit to participants.
- All monographs, new serials and other materials are shipped to participants
with cataloging data in a bibliography format enclosed with the item.
Full MARC records for these materials can be downloaded by the receiving
libraries from the bibliographic utilities or from the Library of
Congress online catalog by using the LCCN.
Library
of Congress
Comments: New Delhi Office
(September 17, 2008)
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