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Sudden Position Guide to Acquisitions

Author : Deborah Hathaway

Publisher : Alcts Publishing

Page : pages

File Size : 11,35 MB

Release : 2020-12

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ISBN : 9780838948491

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"Depending on the structure of a library, acquisitions may involve or work with collection management, subject librarians, electronic resources, preservation, cataloging, and library administration due to the management and use of collection materials budgets. Acquisitions staff will also be involved in working with material library vendors. Taking on acquisitions responsibilities requires learning how to order materials in a variety of formats; learning basic accounting and budgeting practices; a knowledge of institutional fiscal and procurement policies and practices; along with strong communication skills as acquisitions librarians truly interact with staff in all library departments, as well as outside vendors. Some aspects of the work, such as managing collection budgets, allocations, expenditures, and encumbrances can at times be daunting, especially when end-of-year deadlines are looming. However, the variety of responsibilities that come with acquisitions make this one of the most rewarding service points in a library. If you have just taken on acquisitions responsibilities, you will want to understand the basic concepts and philosophy behind acquisitions work and develop an understanding for the day-to-day workflow"--







Patron-Driven Acquisitions

Author : Judith M. Nixon

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 173 pages

File Size : 18,70 MB

Release : 2014-01-02

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1317985257

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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.



Library Acquisition Policies and Procedures

Author : Elizabeth Futas

Publisher : Greenwood

Page : 624 pages

File Size : 41,51 MB

Release : 1984

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

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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.



Library Systems Evaluation Guide

Author : James E. Rush Associates

Publisher : James E. Rush Associate, Incorporated

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 40,58 MB

Release : 1983

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN :

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Automated Acquisitions

Author : Amy Dykeman

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 310 pages

File Size : 45,32 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780866569132

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Get the most out of automated acquisitions systems with the help of this book. Whether you are looking for information that will assist you in choosing the automated acquisitions system that will most effectively meet your library's needs, or whether you wish to resolve concerns that have developed as a result of your demanding more from the system you have now, this useful volume will prove indispensable. In Automated Acquisitions, practicing librarians share their hands-on experience with implementing various types of acquisitions systems and address planning considerations, the blurring of roles between acquisitions and cataloging, staffing implications, electronic record transmission, and specialized functions of automated acquisitions systems. These librarians reveal what they wish they knew when they began to implement their systems, as well as what went right--and wrong--along the way. Acquisitions librarians, systems librarians, and any professionals planning for an automated acquisitions system in their libraries will not want the miss the underlying excitement expressed by contributors as they reevaluate acquisitions work and redefine the role of the acquisitions librarian as a result of automated acquisitions systems.