Pricing and costs of monographs and serials : national and international issues
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Pricing and costs of monographs and serials : national and international issues
Haworth Press, c1987
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"Monographic supplement #1 to Journal of library administration, volume 8, 1987"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographies
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Description
An essential volume for all library professionals responsible for acquisitions. Here is a thorough book that explores pricing from the publisher's, wholesaler's, and library's perspective. Experts reveal insightful information on vendors, approvals, acquisition costs, overseas monographic pricing, and much more.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction
Pricing From Three Perspectives: The Publisher, the Wholesaler, the Library
The Approval Connection: Pricing the Ordering Alternatives
Truth in Vending
Books Across the Waters: An Examination of United Kingdom Monographic Pricing
Mountains and Molehills: How University Presses Determine Book Prices and How Those Prices Relate to Library Budgets
Acquisitions Costs: How the Selection of a Purchasing Source Affects the Cost of Processing Materials
Differential Pricing of Monographs and Serials
The Cost of Global Serials: The Vendor's Perspective
The Library's Cost and the Vendor's Price for Serials
Materials Costs and Collection Development in Academic Libraries
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