Understanding the business of library acquisitions /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schmidt, Karen A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Library Association, 1999.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acquisitions, the organization, and the future / Carol Pitts Diedrichs and Karen A. Schmidt
  • Business of book publishing / Patricia Glass Schuman and Charles Harmon
  • Business of scholarly journal publishing / Gary J. Brown
  • Publishers, vendors, libraries: troublesome issues in the triangle / Audrey Melkin
  • Cost of service: understanding the business of vendors / Scott Alan Smith
  • Vendor selection: service, cost, and more service! / Mary K. McLaren
  • Vendor evaluation / Karen E. Cargille
  • Selecting and acquiring materials from abroad / Thomas D. Kilton.
  • Approval plans: library-vendor partnerships for acquisitions and collection development / Joan Grant
  • Acquiring serials / James R. Mouw
  • Out-of-print and antiquarian markets / Margaret Landesman
  • Gifts and exchanges / Steven Carrico
  • Non-print trading / Y. Peter Liu
  • Outsourcing acquisitions: methods and models / Glenda Alvin
  • Basic acquisitions accounting and business practice / Kay Granskog
  • Payment ethics: librarians as consumers / Corrie Marsh
  • Ethics in acquisitions management / Barbara J. Winters.
  • Acquisitions personnel management, organization, and staffing issues / Lisa German
  • Licensing in lieu of acquiring / Trisha L. Davis.