Understanding the business of library acquisitions /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros autores o Colaboradores: Schmidt, Karen A. (ed.)
Formato: Libro
Lengua:inglés
Datos de publicación: Chicago : ALA, 1999.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Descripción Física:vii, 395 p.
ISBN:0838907415
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acquisitions, the organization, and the future
  • The business of book publishing
  • The business of scholary journal publishing
  • Publishers, vendors, libraries : Troublesome issues in the triangle
  • The cost of service : Understanding the business of vendors
  • Vendor selection : Service, cost, and more service!
  • Vendor evaluation
  • Selecting and acquiring materials from abroad
  • Approval plans : Library-vendor patherships for acquisitions and collection development
  • Acquiring serials
  • Out-of-print antiquarian markets
  • Gifts and exchanges
  • Non-print trading
  • Outsourcing acquisitions : Methods and models
  • Basic acquisitions accounting and buseness practice
  • Payment ethics : Librarians and consumers
  • Ethics in acquisitions management
  • Acquisitions personnel management, organization, and staffing issues
  • Licensing in lieu of acquiring