Collection Assessment And Acquisitions Budgets

Author : Sul H Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317951094

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Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets by Sul H Lee Pdf

This invaluable new book contains timely information about the assessment of academic library collections and the relationship of collection assessment to acquisition budgets. The rising cost of information significantly influences academic libraries’abilities to acquire the necessary materials for students and faculty, and public libraries’abilities to acquire material for their clientele. Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets examines different aspects of the relationship between the assessment of academic library collections and the management of library acquisition budgets. Librarians, researchers, and representatives from major library vendors present studies and opinions on collection assessment and acquisition budgets. Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets explores the issues and tools related to collection assessment and also presents insight into the relationships between libraries and vendors. Some of the topics covered by this volume include: current factors influencing libraries’abilities to acquire information an examination of trends affecting libraries and information vendors use studies and collection development management of acquisition funds criteria to evaluate information vendors relationships between libraries and vendors These informative chapters discuss current issues and present the latest research findings relating to collection assessment and acquisition budgets. Practicing librarians, students in the field, and librarians involved in administration and especially acquisitions and collection development will gain a better understanding of the complexities of collection and the factors affecting acquisitions budgets. Librarians will find practical information, including product reviews and opportunities to use automated tools in the assessment process, the benefits and problems of serial review projects, types of assistance vendors can provide libraries in the collection assessment process, the importance of collection assessment in the competition for funding, and ideas for the use of circulation data in the collection assessment process.

Author : Sul H. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000757873

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Declining Acquisitions Budgets by Sul H. Lee Pdf

This book, first published in 1993, is a key resource in beginning the task of re-thinking traditional methods of collection development and maintenance. The contributing authors to this volume provide thought-provoking chapters which touch on library, business, and societal issues as related to work as a library administrator. They advise on how to take a more economical approach to developing and maintaining a great collection - with a smaller budget.

Author : Sul H Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317951087

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Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets by Sul H Lee Pdf

This invaluable new book contains timely information about the assessment of academic library collections and the relationship of collection assessment to acquisition budgets. The rising cost of information significantly influences academic libraries’abilities to acquire the necessary materials for students and faculty, and public libraries’abilities to acquire material for their clientele. Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets examines different aspects of the relationship between the assessment of academic library collections and the management of library acquisition budgets. Librarians, researchers, and representatives from major library vendors present studies and opinions on collection assessment and acquisition budgets. Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets explores the issues and tools related to collection assessment and also presents insight into the relationships between libraries and vendors. Some of the topics covered by this volume include: current factors influencing libraries’abilities to acquire information an examination of trends affecting libraries and information vendors use studies and collection development management of acquisition funds criteria to evaluate information vendors relationships between libraries and vendors These informative chapters discuss current issues and present the latest research findings relating to collection assessment and acquisition budgets. Practicing librarians, students in the field, and librarians involved in administration and especially acquisitions and collection development will gain a better understanding of the complexities of collection and the factors affecting acquisitions budgets. Librarians will find practical information, including product reviews and opportunities to use automated tools in the assessment process, the benefits and problems of serial review projects, types of assistance vendors can provide libraries in the collection assessment process, the importance of collection assessment in the competition for funding, and ideas for the use of circulation data in the collection assessment process.

Author : William A. Katz
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0866569308

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The Acquisitions Budget by William A. Katz Pdf

Learn how to maintain a quality collection within a budget and still manage to make necessary cuts and savings. As the purchasing power of the materials budget declines, effectively managing the allocation of the materials budget and the development of the collections becomes more and more of a challenge. In The Acquisitions Budget, practicing acquisitions librarians--representing almost all types and sizes of libraries--address their daily problems and share innovative and effective methods for dealing with a shrinking budget. These authoritative contributors, who have many years of practical problems solving experience, also offer useful tips on how to influence administrators, faculty, students--anyone who has even partial control over allocating the budget. With this valuable new book, you will also enhance your knowledge of how the latest technology saves time and expenses in working out the acquisitions budget from day to day. Specific information is given on online and CD-ROM weapons in the war with the budget process.

Author : Sul H. Lee
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1560241586

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Budgets for Acquisitions by Sul H. Lee Pdf

This book deals with the increasingly demanding problems of smaller acquisitions budgets. In recent years librarians have seen their finances diminishing while the prices of serials and monographs have risen steadily. Gone are the days when librarians and faculty had the state and/or private funding to be able to obtain all the books they needed to stay truly current. Now with major decisions having to be made concerning such things as automation, monograph collections, and subscription renewals, librarians are having to assume the role of business manager and dealer. Budgets for Acquisitions takes an in-depth look at the current situation and offers practical suggestions for working through the lean years. Strategies for getting the most for your money when dealing with vendors, selective collection development and maintenance, and making calculated decisions on how to divide the library's funds are just a few of the topics covered in this helpful new book.

Author : Sul H. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : 1560246146

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Declining Acquisitions Budgets by Sul H. Lee Pdf

Have the high costs of information and reductions in library budgets put you in a dilemma? Declining Acquisitions Budgets is a key resource in beginning the task of re-thinking traditional methods of collection development and maintenance. The contributing authors to this volume provide you with thought-provoking chapters which touch on library, business, and societal issues as related to your work as a library administrator. They enable you to take a more economical approach to developing and maintaining a great collection--with a smaller budget. Specific areas covered by the contributors include: ideas for the director facing an acquisitions dilemma a unique formula for maintaining book collections new strategies for reevaluating acquisitions budgeting allocating acquisitions budgets with flexibility new practices in acquisitions budgeting based on the Ohio State University libraries’indexing system access vs. ownership in science collection development a project outline to gather circulation information for use in collection development what services a subscription vendor can offer in the collection assessment and evaluation process Library professionals throughout the country need to learn how to survive in a world of rising information costs and reductions in library budgets. Declining Acquisitions Budgets is a step in the right direction, with insightful strategies and ideas to help readers negotiate their way through these troublesome times.

Author : Peggy Johnson
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0838908535

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Fundamentals of Collection Development & Management by Peggy Johnson Pdf

Taking a fresh approach, this comprehensive guide outlines the step-by-step process of collection development and management. Expert librarian Peggy Johnson offers tips for organizing and staffing, conceiving policy and creating budgets, and developing, marketing and evaluating collections.

Author : Linda S Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136582141

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Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management by Linda S Katz Pdf

Here is an in-depth book on the process of evaluating your acquisitions and collection management programs. No project, no matter how ingenious or innovative, will be granted support by a funding agency without a solid evaluation plan. Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management discusses the reasons evaluation is held in such high regard by administrators. The authors describe a variety of evaluation activities that cover both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The first section of the book covers current trends and the impact on collection development and acquisitions, and how the evaluation of collections can reveal patterns of program support that can then be compared between peer institutions. Other topics include the process of assigning relative value to acquisitions activities, performance appraisal, and methods for improving procedures of acquiring materials. Acquisitions librarians and administrators will find this book extremely helpful in streamlining their acquisitions and collection management programs.

Author : Sul H. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1560242531

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Vendor Evaluation and Acquisition Budgets by Sul H. Lee Pdf

Find insightful discussions on the impact of rising costs on library budgets and management in this groundbreaking book. Library administrators will benefit from the practical advice in these perceptive chapters evolved from the 1991 University of Oklahoma Libraries and University of Oklahoma Foundation annual conference. Vendor Evaluation and Acquisition Budgets presents well-rounded views of the contemporary library budget situation from a variety of contributors, including practicing librarians, researchers, and book vendor representatives. Find applicable strategies for meeting the library budget and management challenges that rising costs will create in the 1990s. Chapters thoroughly cover the relationship between vendors and acquisitions budgets, including current trends affecting the information environment, libraries, and vendors; changes in library-dealer relationships resulting from economic and technological factors; and conditions of research and the dissemination of information from published and unpublished avenues. Library managers and administrators will find pragmatic advice to use in their own libraries, such as suggestions for dealing with service charges and discounts, studies of use patterns and cost-effectiveness of current collection development decisions, vendors’perspective on criteria used to evaluate book vendors, and a collection of 30 different strategies for stretching the acquisitions budget.

Author : University of Oklahoma. Libraries. Conference,Sul H. Lee
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0789020696

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Electronic Resources and Collection Development by University of Oklahoma. Libraries. Conference,Sul H. Lee Pdf

This work examines how the transition to electronic resources in academic libraries has impacted traditional collection development policies and practices.

Author : Judith M. Nixon,Robert S. Freeman,Suzanne M. Ward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317985259

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Patron-Driven Acquisitions by Judith M. Nixon,Robert S. Freeman,Suzanne M. Ward Pdf

For over a decade, some academic libraries have been purchasing, rather than borrowing, recently published books requested by their patrons through interlibrary loan. These books had one circulation guaranteed and so appealed to librarians who were concerned about the large percentage of books selected and purchased by librarians but never checked out by their patrons. Early assessments of the projects indicated that patrons selected quality books that in many cases were cross disciplinary and covered emerging areas of scholarly interest. However, now we have a significant database of the ILL purchase records to compare these titles with books selected through normal methods. The projects described in this book present a powerful argument for involving patrons in the book selection process. This book looks at patron-driven acquisitions for printed books at Purdue University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Illinois, as well as exploring new programs that allow patrons to select e-books or participate in other innovative ways in building the library collections. This book was published as a special issue of Collection Management.

Author : Bill Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000755060

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The Acquisitions Budget by Bill Katz Pdf

This book, first published in 1989, discusses the maintenance of a quality collection within a budget while still making necessary cuts and savings. As the purchasing power of the materials budget declines, effectively managing the allocation of the materials budget and the development of the collections becomes more and more of a challenge. In The Acquisitions Budget, practicing acquisitions librarians - representing almost all types and sizes of libraries - address their daily problems and share innovative and effective methods for dealing with a shrinking budget. These authoritative contributors, who have many years of practical problems solving experience, also offer useful tips on how to influence administrators, faculty, students - anyone who has even partial control over allocating the budget.

Author : Sam Brooks,David H. Carlson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0789033526

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Library/vendor Relationships by Sam Brooks,David H. Carlson Pdf

A view of the mutual dependence between libraries and vendors As technology advances, libraries are forced to reach beyond their own resources to find effective ways to maintain accuracy and superior service levels. Vendors provide databases and integrated library systems that perform those functions for profit. Library/Vendor Relationships examines the increasing cooperation in which libraries find they must participate in, and vice versa, with the vendors that provide system infrastructure and software. Expert contributors provide insights from all sides of this unique collaboration, offering cogent perspectives on the give and take process that every librarian, publisher, and database provider/producer can use. The symbiosis between libraries and vendors of databases relies heavily upon open communication to achieve each one's beneficial results. Library/Vendor Relationships explores this partnership between profit and nonprofit entities in detail, focusing on issues of crucial importance for both sides. A variety of diverse types of libraries and vendors give voice to the multitude of issues facing them. Several charts, graphs, and other helpful visuals are included. Topics in Library/Vendor Relationships include: options for preventing systematic downloading of material benefits and challenges of delivering products on multiple platformsusing the American Psychological Association's experiences as a case study book vendors' efforts to help libraries become more efficient comprehensive online support services to help increase interaction between libraries and academic publishers Anatolian University Libraries Consortium's effective relationship with vendors publisher and vendor use of library advisory boards to provide needed feedback a review of the database marketplace fostering a good relationship between library and vendor the future of government libraries in an increasingly technological age collaboration in standards development integrated ecommerce the relationship between OCLC and member institutions libraries' position between commerce and science vendor/community college library relationships e-mail discussion lists and more! Library/Vendor Relationships is stimulating, insightful reading for academic librarians, government librarians, public librarians, deans, directors, reference librarians, publishers, and database providers.

Author : Rose Mary Magrill,John Boyd Corbin
Publisher : Chicago : American Library Association
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015010366170

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Acquisitions Management and Collection Development in Libraries by Rose Mary Magrill,John Boyd Corbin Pdf

Author : Lisa German
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0810841320

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Guide to the Management of the Information Resources Budget by Lisa German Pdf

Guide to the Management of the Information Resources Budget assists librarians making information resources budget allocations and outlines general principles for the management of those allocations. It describes the character and function of the budget document, states allocation principles, presents an array of considerations and options for application to the local budget allocation process, and enumerates sources of information helpful to that process.