Declining acquisitions budgets : allocation, collection development, and impact communication

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Declining acquisitions budgets : allocation, collection development, and impact communication

Sul H. Lee, editor

Haworth Press, c1993

  • : acid-free paper

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Papers from a conference held in Oklahoma City, on Feb. 25-26, 1992 sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and the OU Foundation

"Has Also been published as Journal of library administration, volume 19, number 2, 1993"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references

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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 processLibrary 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.

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Contents Introduction The Director's Role in the Acquisitions Dilemma Is It Possible to Develop Libraries Without Resources? Crisis and Opportunity: Reevaluating Acquisitions Budgeting in an Age of Transition Allocating Library Acquisitions Budgets in an Era of Declining or Static Funding Justifying Collection Budgets: Indexing Materials Costs Access vs. Ownership: What Is Most Cost Effective in the Sciences Toward a Calculus of Collection Development The Role of the Serials Vendor in the Collection Assessment and Evaluation Process Reference Notes Included

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