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Declining Acquisitions Budgets

其他書名	Allocation, Collection Development, and Impact Communication
出版	Psychology Press, 1993
主題	Business & Economics / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Collection Development
ISBN	15602461389781560246138
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ukBUsLBdM44C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Have the high costs of information and reductions in library budgets put you in a dilemma? Declining Acquisitions Budgets is a key resource in beginning the task of re-thinking traditional methods of collection development and maintenance.

The contributing authors to this volume provide you with thought-provoking chapters which touch on library, business, and societal issues as related to your work as a library administrator. They enable you to take a more economical approach to developing and maintaining a great collection--with a smaller budget.

Specific areas covered by the contributors include:

ideas for the director facing an acquisitions dilemma
a unique formula for maintaining book collections
new strategies for reevaluating acquisitions budgeting
allocating acquisitions budgets with flexibility
new practices in acquisitions budgeting based on the Ohio State University libraries’indexing system
access vs. ownership in science collection development
a project outline to gather circulation information for use in collection development
what services a subscription vendor can offer in the collection assessment and evaluation process

Library professionals throughout the country need to learn how to survive in a world of rising information costs and reductions in library budgets. Declining Acquisitions Budgets is a step in the right direction, with insightful strategies and ideas to help readers negotiate their way through these troublesome times.