| Description |
1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Journal of library administration, 0193-0826 ; volume 17, number 2 |
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Journal of library administration ; volume 17, no. 2. 0193-0826
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| Contents |
Collection evaluation and acquisitions budgets : a kaleidoscope in the making / Charles B. Osburn -- In support of collection assessment : the role of automation in the acquisitions and serials departments / Carol Pitts Hawks -- Serials cancellation projects : necessary evil or collection assessment opportunity? / Daniel T. Richards, Antonija Prelec -- Me and my shadow : vendors as the third hand in collection evaluation / Dana L. Alessi -- Collection assessment and acquisition budgets / Anthony W. Ferguson -- Management data for selection decisions in building library collections / Charles A. Hamaker -- Locked in conversation : the college library collection and the pluralist society / Robert L. Houbeck, Jr. -- Annual survey of serials collection assessment programs, practices, and policies in academic libraries : 1991-1992 / Adrian W. Alexander, James L. Smith |
| Summary |
This invaluable new book contains timely information about the assessment of academic library collections and the relationship of collection assessment to acquisition budgets. The rising cost of information significantly influences academic libraries'abilities to acquire the necessary materials for students and faculty, and public libraries'abilities to acquire material for their clientele. Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets examines different aspects of the relationship between the assessment of academic library collections and the management of library acquisition budgets. Librar |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Collection development (Libraries) -- Evaluation
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Acquisitions (Libraries) -- Costs
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Library materials budgets.
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Library finance.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
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Acquisitions (Libraries) -- Costs
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Collection development (Libraries) -- Evaluation
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Library finance
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Library materials budgets
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Budgettering.
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Collectievorming.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lee, Sul H
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| ISBN |
9781317951094 |
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1317951093 |
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