1. Tower of Babel: New Realities in Foreign Acquisitions
Charleston Conference, 2016

2. East View – a source for foreign language acquisition
Uncommon information from extraordinary places, with exceptional service.
Corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota since Offices in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Beijing.
Distributor of resources from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia serving academic, government, NGO/NPO and corporate researchers and libraries.
All subjects, sources and formats

3. East View – a source for foreign language acquisition

4. Then and Now 2016 2000 Armenia Lithuania Azerbaijan Moldova Belarus
Afghanistan
Iraq
Mongolia
Slovakia
Albania
Israel
Montenegro
Slovenia
Belarus
Hungary
Oman
Taiwan
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Japan
Poland
Turkey
China
North & South Korea
Qatar
Czech Rep.
Kuwait
Romania
Greece
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Macedonia
Serbia
Armenia
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Moldova
Belarus
Russia
Estonia
Tajikistan
Georgia
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
Latvia
Uzbekistan

5. Challenges in Acquisition: Russia as Exemplar
Sometimes unwilling partners and unrealistic expectations
Many regional publishers no longer attend large events such as the Moscow Book Fair
Transportation to Moscow from publishing centers in Russian Regions is time-consuming, expensive and sometimes unreliable
Regional statistical publications are moving to CD/DVD
New Political Realities (How history repeats…)

6. Challenges in Acquisition: Russian Resources with Scholarly Value
Some Facts & Figures
Out of 120K books published, about 30% are of good scholarly value
53% have a print run of 1,000 copies or less
35% of publishers have only one book/yr, and 77% published 12 books or less
Reprints increased from 26% in 2008 to 36% in 2015
Translations make up 10-11% of all books published
40% of books are published in series & are 70% of all books published

7. Challenges in Acquisition: New Directions
Amazon, Ozon and other e-commerce sites mean more availability, but less authority
Cooperative acquisition efforts such as MARLi, Borrow Direct, etc. lead to deeper collection needs & more sophisticated management
Popularity & economy of e-resources steer libraries from print to electronic formats, except for eBooks
Changes in dedicated language-capable staff at libraries drives vendors to bridge the gap

8. Thank you!