Managing acquisitions in library and information services
By: Liz Chapman.
Contributors: Chapman, Liz.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Library Association Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Acquisitions (Libraries)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-142) and index.
Rev. ed. of: Buying books for libraries. 1989.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I Introduction I; title: What is acquisitions? I; title: How this book is arranged 3; title: 2 Pre-order checking 4; title: Requests to purchase 4; title: Stock-checking 8; title: Reading lists 10; title: Bibliographic data 10; title: Suppliers as information sources 18; title: 3 Publishers and publishing 21; title: Electronic materials 22; title: Information on publishers 23; title: Information from publishers 23; title: 4 Beyond the basic book 31; title: A change of form 31; title: Other collections 32; title: Series and continuations 33; title: European language materials 37; title: British government publications 41; title: Music 44; title: Audiovisual materials 47; title: 5 Suppliers 50; title: Choosing suppliers 50; title: Online services from specialist suppliers 59; title: Internet suppliers 59; title: Consortium purchasing 60; title: Ordering foreign material 61; title: Outsourcing 62; title: Evaluating suppliers 63; title: 6 Ordering 66; title: Information required by the supplier 66; title: Information required by acquisitions 69; title: Editing orders 72; title: Order input 75; title: Automated order systems 76; title: 7 Out-of-the-ordinary ordering 80; title: Urgent orders 80; title: Direct orders 82; title: Standing orders and continuations 84; title: Blanket or open orders 86; title: Material on trial 86; title: Electronic publications 89; title: Out-of-print and second-hand material 91; title: Book sales and auctions 93; title: Remainder and review dealers 93; title: Reprints 94; title: There is no such thing as a free book 96; title: A time to refrain from ordering 98; title: 8 When the orders arrive 99; title: The mail 99; title: Checking in orders 99; title: Delivery problems 103; title: Accessions I 10; title: Statistics I II; title: 9 Finance and budgets 1 13; title: Financial guidelines 1 13; title: Budgets 113; title: Prices I 16; title: The financial year 1 18; title: Invoices and payment 1 19; title: Financial records and auditing 125; title: 10 Theway ahead 128; title: Keeping up with developments 129.