| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Gifts and Exchanges: Problems, Frustrations ... and Triumphs; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Unpacking a Donor's Library: A Gifts Librarian's Nod to Walter Benjamin; Reducing Gift Anxiety Through Carefully Worded Gift Policies; Gifts in Policy and Practice; A Survey of Gifts and Exchanges Activities in 85 Non-ARL Libraries; Automating Gifts and Exchanges: A Review of Current Trends; Exchanges in Academic and Special Libraries: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography; Procedural and Programmatic Responses to Budget Cuts in Berkeley's Exchange Program |
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Change and Exchange: The Publications Exchange Programme of the British Library for Development StudiesThe Exchange Programs at the University of Minnesota: A Three-Way Partnership; The Gifts and Exchanges Program at Eastern Michigan University; Library Book Sales and Auctions, or, You Can Get More Than a Dollar for That!; The Book Nook: An Alternative for Library Gifts; Endowed Book Funds: The Book-A-Year Fund at Rollins College; Successful Soliciting: Building a World War II Art Collection; Index |
| Summary |
This important book explores the many questions challenging librarians who work with gifts and exchanges (G & E) as part of their daily responsibilities. Too often, because of shrinking library budgets, library gifts are considered burdensome and unprofitable drains on both financial and personnel resources. However, Gifts and Exchanges: Problems, Frustrations ... and Triumphs gives you solutions that will allow you to embrace your library's gifts as rewards. In this book, you will discover the latest ways of disposing unwanted materials, planning and holding book sales and auctions, and oper |
| Notes |
Also published as no. 22, 1999 of The acquisitions librarian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Exchange of publications -- United States
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Libraries -- United States -- Gifts, legacies
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Research libraries -- Acquisitions -- United States
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
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Exchange of publications
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Libraries -- Gifts, legacies
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Research libraries -- Acquisitions
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Denning, Catherine
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| ISBN |
9781317951421 |
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1317951425 |
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