Cover; Acquisitions, Budgets and Material Costs: Issues and Approaches; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; The Importance of Approval Plans When Budgets Are Lean; Firstest with the Mostest: Publisher-Based Approval Plans in Academic Libraries; Analysis of Approval Plans in ARL Libraries; Up the Elevator: An Examination of Approval Plan Inflation and Its Impact on Libraries; Projecting Materials Costs: Basis for Effective Decision Making; Managing Rising Materials Costs; CD-ROM, Databases, and Other New Information Formats: Their Acquisition
Summary
In times of tight materials budgets, steeply rising prices, and rapidly expanding information formats, library professionals will appreciate the valuable insights into acquisitions processes and management of material costs that are offered in this practical new book. Respected librarians and vendor representatives contributed to this volume--the published proceedings of a recent conference held at the University of Oklahoma. These experts examine approval plans, including a new approach for the publisher-based plan; the impact of inflation, including the increasing costs of titles i
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-162) and index
