Managing acquisitions in library and information services
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London
Library Association Pub.
2001.
|
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I Introduction I
- What is acquisitions? I
- How this book is arranged 3
- 2 Pre-order checking 4
- Requests to purchase 4
- Stock-checking 8
- Reading lists 10
- Bibliographic data 10
- Suppliers as information sources 18
- 3 Publishers and publishing 21
- Electronic materials 22
- Information on publishers 23
- Information from publishers 23
- 4 Beyond the basic book 31
- A change of form 31
- Other collections 32
- Series and continuations 33
- European language materials 37
- British government publications 41
- Music 44
- Audiovisual materials 47
- 5 Suppliers 50
- Choosing suppliers 50
- Online services from specialist suppliers 59
- Internet suppliers 59
- Consortium purchasing 60
- Ordering foreign material 61
- Outsourcing 62
- Evaluating suppliers 63
- 6 Ordering 66
- Information required by the supplier 66
- Information required by acquisitions 69
- Editing orders 72
- Order input 75
- Automated order systems 76
- 7 Out-of-the-ordinary ordering 80
- Urgent orders 80
- Direct orders 82
- Standing orders and continuations 84
- Blanket or open orders 86
- Material on trial 86
- Electronic publications 89
- Out-of-print and second-hand material 91
- Book sales and auctions 93
- Remainder and review dealers 93
- Reprints 94
- There is no such thing as a free book 96
- A time to refrain from ordering 98
- 8 When the orders arrive 99
- The mail 99
- Checking in orders 99
- Delivery problems 103
- Accessions I 10
- Statistics I II
- 9 Finance and budgets 1 13
- Financial guidelines 1 13
- Budgets 113
- Prices I 16
- The financial year 1 18
- Invoices and payment 1 19
- Financial records and auditing 125
- 10 Theway ahead 128
- Keeping up with developments 129.