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The Complete Guide to Acquisitions Management
Updated and enhanced, the second edition of this text provides both library students and practitioners with a thorough understanding of procedural and philosophical approaches in acquisitions management. Since the last edition of this text was published over a decade ago, library acquisitions practices have changed dramatically in response to economic and industry changes and the introduction and maturation of new technologies. An essential tool kit, this updated edition covers every aspect of current acquisitions management from organization of acquisitions departments to professional ethics. The step-by-step guide takes you through acquisitions department activities from the beginning of t...
Understanding the Business of Library Acquisitions
The interaction of non-profit libraries and for-profit publishers and vendors is the focus of this collection of essays. The intent of this book is to increase librarians' awareness of the business practices and concerns of the booktrade.
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Transforming Acquisitions and Collection Services
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...
The Acquisition of Library Materials
Details all important principles, skills, and procedures pertaining to selecting and obtaining books and other library materials, paying for them or acknowledging receipts, and maintaining appropriate records.
Vendors and Library Acquisitions
This book, first published in 1991, addresses the sometimes troublesome relationships between acquisitions librarians and the jobbers with whom they work. Various issues are explored to establish the most efficient and satisfactory methods of selecting a vendor, the way to gain expertise in evaluating the system, and the best ways to reach a successful relationship with the vendor and the public served by the library.
