Selected Acquisitions Of The Library

Author : Elizabeth Futas
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UCAL:B4327384

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Library Acquisition Policies and Procedures by Elizabeth Futas Pdf

This volume will help you acquire and manage a strong collection for your library, even when budgets are being cut. Topics covered include purchasing materials, formulating selection criteria, sharing materials with other institutions, and evaluating and preserving materials. This edition by the late Elizabeth Futas begins with the results of the author's survey of academic and public libraries. The author then explains how a sharply focused and clearly articulated collections development policy can assist libraries in providing the best possible service in the most cost-effective manner. These and other ideas, practices, and policies in this new edition will allow libraries to continue meeting the needs of their particular constituents, even in uncertain economic times.

Author : Jim Agee
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781780631042

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Acquisitions Go Global by Jim Agee Pdf

This book is a guide that leads the reader through many aspects of a library’s collection including the user, current holdings, selection, and acquisition of new materials. The reader is also led to consider budgets, and how books are made available in 21st century markets. Methods for assessing library vendors are described. Practical details are frequently included; concepts and theory are alluded to but are not a major emphasis of the text. A global scope creates an inclusive mood for readers in developed or developing nations. The final chapter speculates upon acquisitions librarianship in the 21st century, on influences of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and increased computerization. This is a fundamental book for the student or practicing librarian, a book that shares much about acquisitions but admits an uncertainty about the evolution of the profession. The author brings a global scope, and global examples to the text The text draws on more than a decade of authorial experience in acquisitions librarianship The author discusses potential acquisitions problems and solutions

Author : Linda S Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136398889

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Selecting Materials for Library Collections by Linda S Katz Pdf

Strategies and tools to help you plan, build, and maintain your library collection! Selecting Materials for Library Collections takes you step-by-step through the process of planning, building, and maintaining a quality library collection. This up-to-date guide addresses the interests and concerns of academic and public libraries with expert advice on budgets, policies, and planning. The book examines print, non-print, and Internet selection resources, including the OCLC WorldCat Database and ACQNET-L. You’ll find valuable information you can apply right away to help you keep any collection relevant and up-to-date! Selecting Materials for Library Collections provides the tools you need to keep your library collection current. Seasoned experts share their thoughts on how to analyze your users’ expectations and then provide them with the materials they need. The contributors also examine the selection aids that they use in their own acquisitions work and then look at how to achieve a balanced collection that efficiently serves their clients’ needs. Supplementary reading lists and extensive bibliographies provide you with additional resources. Selecting Materials for Library Collections presents the latest information on: using print, non-print, and Internet selection resources such as OCLC WorldCat database and ACQNET-L initial collection assessment and decision making collection tool evaluations acquiring international core titles the New Thought movement approval plans—set-up, maintenance, and evaluation the newest technology for media selection specialized library collections in music, art, business, economics, health, sports, leisure, and more

Author : United States. Department of Transportation. Library Services Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Transportation
ISBN : MINN:30000011087354

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Selected Library Acquisitions by United States. Department of Transportation. Library Services Division Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Transportation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132171948

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Selected Library Acquisitions by United States. Department of Transportation Pdf

Author : Judith M. Nixon,Robert S. Freeman,Suzanne M. Ward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 51,5 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 : Michelle Flinchbaugh,Chuck Thomas,Rob Tench
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781612495798

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Transforming Acquisitions and Collection Services by Michelle Flinchbaugh,Chuck Thomas,Rob Tench Pdf

This book explores ways in which libraries can reach new levels of service, quality, and efficiency while minimizing cost by collaborating in acquisitions. In consortial acquisitions, a number of libraries work together, usually in an existing library consortia, to leverage size to support acquisitions in each individual library. In cross-functional acquisitions, acquisitions collaborates to support other library functions. For the library acquisitions manager, technical services manager, or the library director, awareness of different options for effective consortial and cross-functional acquisitions allows for the optimization of staff and resources to reach goals. This work presents those options in the form of case studies as well as useful analysis of the benefits and challenges of each. By supporting each other’s acquisitions services in a consortium, libraries leverage size to get better prices, and share systems and expertise to maximize resources while minimizing costs. Within libraries, the acquisitions function can be combined with other library functions in a unit with more than one purpose, or acquisitions can develop a close working relationship with another unit to support their work. This book surveys practice at different libraries and at different library consortia, and presents a detailed description and analysis of a variety of practices for how acquisitions units support each other within a consortium, and how they work with other library units, specifically collection management, cataloging, interlibrary loan, and the digital repository, in the form of case studies. A final section of the book covers fundamentals of collaboration.

Author : Rose Mary Magrill,Doralyn J. Hickey
Publisher : Chicago : American Library Association
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
ISBN : UCAL:B4327892

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Acquisitions Management and Collection Development in Libraries by Rose Mary Magrill,Doralyn J. Hickey Pdf

Library science textbook on acquisitions management and collection development in librarys (esp. In the USA) - updates S. Ford's "The Acquisition of Library Materials" (1973); gives criteria for the selection and purchase of books, periodicals, audiovisual aids and other nonbook materials; outlines evaluation techniques, and includes a guide to information sources. Bibliographys.

Author : Daniel Kinyanjui
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9783668461338

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Elements of a library acquisition policy by Daniel Kinyanjui Pdf

Document from the year 2017 in the subject Library Science, Information- / Documentation Science, , language: English, abstract: A library acquisition policy is a formal statement that guides the library’s acquisition of materials to be added to its collections. It has a number of elements each addressing a specific purpose. This paper looks at the elements included in the policy. According to oxford English dictionary, a policy is a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual. It is basically a concise formal statement of principles or actions which indicate how an organisation will act in a particular area of its operation. A written policy prevents the organization from being driven by events or by individual enthusiasms and from engaging in projects, actions or activities, which may not support the mission of the organization.

Author : Frank Kurt Cylke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
ISBN : IND:30000123195616

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Selected Federal Library Programs for Acquisition of Foreign Materials by Frank Kurt Cylke Pdf

Author : Allen Kent
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0824720423

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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science by Allen Kent Pdf

"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."

Author : Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781780630502

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E-books in Academic Libraries by Ksenija Mincic-Obradovic Pdf

Written from the perspective of a librarian, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of e-books on academic libraries. The author discusses advantages to both researchers and librarians and provides current examples of innovative uses of e-books in academic contexts. This book reviews the current situation in e-book publishing, and describes problems in managing e-books in libraries caused by the variety of purchase models and varying formats available, and the lack of standardisation. It discusses solutions for providing access and maintaining bibliographic control, looks at various initiatives to publicise and promote e-books, and compares e-book usage surveys to track changes in user preferences and behaviour over the last decade. E-books have already had a huge impact on academic libraries, and major advances in technology will bring further changes. There is a need for collaboration between libraries and publishers. The book concludes with reflections on the future of e-books in academic libraries. Describes how e-books have changed library services and how they have enabled academic libraries to align with the e-learning initiatives of their universities Discusses problems with e-book collection development and management and lists examples of solutions Examines trends in user behaviour and acceptance of e-books

Author : Daniel C. Mack
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : 0789014718

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Collection Development Policies by Daniel C. Mack Pdf

Get the tools you need to build a collection development policy that will help your library run efficiently—today and in the future! Considering the amount and variety of topics being published, effectively organizing and guiding a library in today's accelerated world is no easy task. Collection Development Policies: New Directions for Changing Collections is the contemporary librarians guide to building or revising a first-rate collection development policy. In this up-to-date book, experts in the field take you step-by-step through the publishing process from writing an initial draft to applying the official copy. Find out what did and did not work in their own practices and get the tools you'll need to tackle any obstacles you may encounter. Collection Development Policies: New Directions for Changing Collection covers a variety of topics—including pricing policies and remote storage facilities—without leaving out the traditional concerns of space and funding. This valuable book also addresses the needs of specialized collections with information on acquisition policies for contemporary subjects collections and building subject specific policy statements. Experienced professionals examine the stability of the electronic resources market and explain how the impact of technical services is redefining the access, collection, and cataloging of libraries. Collection Development Policies also provides examples of collection policies currently in use. Read about: the subject specific policy statements of Schreyer Business Library and the women's studies collection at Pennsylvania State University Berkeley's Collection Development Policy (CDPS) and the factors hindering its revision the creation and revision of St. John's University's collection development policy Simmons College's Graduate School of Library and Information Science's term project and syllabus—and how it can be applied to functioning libraries the Association of Research Libraries' Web pages—and how they have been influenced by the electronic management revolution Collection Development Policies: New Directions for Changing Collection is a valuable resource for anyone selecting and acquiring library materials, maintaining a library collection, or building a collection development policy. The information in this book will help you organize your library collection in a manner that will be beneficial not only to you, but to your clients as well.

Author : Bohdan S. Wynar
Publisher : Littleton, Colo : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
ISBN : UCAL:B4327214

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Library Acquisitions by Bohdan S. Wynar Pdf

Annotated bibliography of books, periodicals and reference works dealing with the methodology of acquisitions librarianship.

Author : Audrey Fenner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0789015218

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Selecting Materials for Library Collections by Audrey Fenner Pdf

Strategies and tools to help you plan, build, and maintain your library collection! Selecting Materials for Library Collections takes you step-by-step through the process of planning, building, and maintaining a quality library collection. This up-to-date guide addresses the interests and concerns of academic and public libraries with expert advice on budgets, policies, and planning. The book examines print, non-print, and Internet selection resources, including the OCLC WorldCat Database and ACQNET-L. You'll find valuable information you can apply right away to help you keep any collection relevant and up-to-date! Selecting Materials for Library Collections provides the tools you need to keep your library collection current. Seasoned experts share their thoughts on how to analyze your users' expectations and then provide them with the materials they need. The contributors also examine the selection aids that they use in their own acquisitions work and then look at how to achieve a balanced collection that efficiently serves their clients' needs. Supplementary reading lists and extensive bibliographies provide you with additional resources. Selecting Materials for Library Collections presents the latest information on: using print, non-print, and Internet selection resources such as OCLC WorldCat database and ACQNET-L initial collection assessment and decision making collection tool evaluations acquiring international core titles the New Thought movement approval plans--set-up, maintenance, and evaluation the newest technology for media selection specialized library collections in music, art, business, economics, health, sports, leisure, and more