Understanding the business of library acquisitions /
"This expanded and greatly enhanced edition of Understanding the Business of Library Acquisitions provides all new information about successfully managing acquisitions through optimum staffing, sound acquisitions practices, and effective organization. Many chapters have been updated to reflect...
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Chicago :
American Library Association,
1999.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Karen A. Schmidt
- 1. Acquisitions, the Organization, and the Future / Carol Pitts Diedrichs and Karen A. Schmidt
- 2. The Business of Book Publishing / Patricia Glass Schuman and Charles Harmon
- 3. The Business of Scholarly Journal Publishing / Gary J. Brown
- 4. Publishers, Vendors, Libraries: Troublesome Issues in the Triangle / Audrey Melkin
- 5. The Cost of Service: Understanding the Business of Vendors / Scott Alan Smith
- 6. Vendor Selection: Service, Cost, and More Service! / Mary K. McLaren
- 7. Vendor Evaluation / Karen E. Cargille
- 8. Selecting and Acquiring Materials from Abroad / Thomas D. Kilton
- 9. Approval Plans: Library-Vendor Partnerships for Acquisitions and Collection Development / Joan Grant
- 10. Acquiring Serials / James R. Mouw
- 11. Out-of-Print and Antiquarian Markets / Margaret Landesman
- 12. Gifts and Exchanges / Steven Carrico
- 13. Non-print Trading / Y. Peter Liu
- 14. Outsourcing Acquisitions: Methods and Models / Glenda Alvin
- 15. Basic Acquisitions Accounting and Business Practice / Kay Granskog
- 16. Payment Ethics: Librarians as Consumers / Corrie Marsh
- 17. Ethics in Acquisitions Management / Barbara J. Winters
- 18. Acquisitions Personnel Management, Organization, and Staffing Issues / Lisa German
- 19. Licensing in Lieu of Acquiring / Trisha L. Davis.