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Machine generated contents note: I Introduction I What is acquisitions? I How this book is arranged 3 2 Pre-order checking 4 Requests to purchase 4 Stock-checking 8 Reading lists 10 Bibliographic data 10 Suppliers as information sources 18 3 Publishers and publishing 21 Electronic materials 22 Information on publishers 23 Information from publishers 23 4 Beyond the basic book 31 A change of form 31 Other collections 32 Series and continuations 33 European language materials 37 British government publications 41 Music 44 Audiovisual materials 47 5 Suppliers 50 Choosing suppliers 50 Online services from specialist suppliers 59 Internet suppliers 59 Consortium purchasing 60 Ordering foreign material 61 Outsourcing 62 Evaluating suppliers 63 6 Ordering 66 Information required by the supplier 66 Information required by acquisitions 69 Editing orders 72 Order input 75 Automated order systems 76 7 Out-of-the-ordinary ordering 80 Urgent orders 80 Direct orders 82 Standing orders and continuations 84 Blanket or open orders 86 Material on trial 86 Electronic publications 89 Out-of-print and second-hand material 91 Book sales and auctions 93 Remainder and review dealers 93 Reprints 94 There i

Author

Chapman, Liz; Chapman, Liz. Buying books for libraries

Publisher

Library Association Publishing

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781856043861

Subjects

Computer Science, Reference