| Description |
x, 191 pages ; 28 cm. |
| Series |
How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 23 |
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How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 23.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-188) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Some Basics. The Acquisitions Department. Collection Development Policy. The Vendors. The Partnership -- 2. What Lies Ahead? Technical Standards. Full Text Online -- 3. Choosing Book Vendors. Vendor or publisher? Discounts and Cost-Plus Pricing. Value-Added Services. Price vs. Service. Making the Choice -- 4. Choosing Serials Vendors. Periodicals. Continuations. Making the Choice -- 5. Becoming Partners. Orders. The Third Partner. Rush Orders. Reports. Claims. Returns. Cancellations. Errors. Payment. Invoices. Communication. Automation -- 6. Contracts and Bidding. The Book Contract. Bidding. Vendor Opinion. What Can Be Done? -- 7. Approval Plans. Origins. Approval Plans Today. Management Considerations. Discount. View from the Vendor's Side. Profiles. Management Reports. Is an Approval Plan Desirable? Choosing a Plan. A Special Partnership. Automation. A Futuristic View -- 8. Out of the Main Stream. Nonprint Media. CD-ROM. Government Publications. The Partnership -- 9. Out-of-Print. |
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Librarians vs. Book Dealers. A Whole New World. Out-of-Print Status. Organizing OP Purchasing. Understanding the Business. Matching Needs to Available Titles. Which Dealer and How Many? Back Issues of Serials. Online Matching Services -- 10. The Pricing Problem. Prices. Proliferation of Information. Inflation. Weak Dollar. Library Budgets. The Pricing Battlefront. One World. Where Do We Go From Here? The Partnership -- 11. Evaluation. A Professional Responsibility. Taking the Vendor's Measure. Methodologies. Library Preparation. Libraries' Impact on Vendor Performance. Evaluation Approaches. What Vendors Think. Evaluative Studies. Evaluating the Library. The Partnership. Communication -- 12. A Question of Ethics. Ethics and the Vendor. Ethics and the Librarian. The Bottom Line -- Appendix A: Tracking Library Materials Prices -- Appendix B: Keeping Up With Vendor-Related Issues -- Appendix C: What Librarians Think of Vendors. |
| Subject |
Acquisitions (Libraries) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Libraries and booksellers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Acquisitions (Libraries) (OCoLC)fst00796015
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Libraries and booksellers. (OCoLC)fst00997501
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Aanschaf.
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Bibliotheekbeheer.
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Antiquariaten.
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Collectievorming.
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| Indexed Term |
Libraries Stock Acquisition |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Miller, Heather Swan. Managing acquisitions and vendor relations. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, ©1992 (OCoLC)608655681 |
| ISBN |
1555701116 |
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9781555701116 |
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