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Peer reviewedHawks, Carol Pitts – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Describes the role of automation in library acquisitions and serials departments in support of collection development. Highlights include workstations and expert systems; links to external databases; vendor services, including serials services and online review and selection of approval books; and automated access to collection development…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Databases, Expert Systems, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedBensman, Stephen J. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Establishes theoretical framework for solution of problem confronting academic libraries--growth in number of journals and surge in prices--by showing how concentration of usage is function of sociobibliometric laws based on cumulative advantage principle. Use of citation indexes in academic evaluation and library collection development is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Higher Education
Peer reviewedSpigai, Fran – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 1991
Reviews the events and the literature of 1986-90 concerned with the pricing of research and professional materials for libraries. Serials are discussed, including pricing studies and price indexes, publisher's views, and the need for a new paradigm of scholarly publishing; monographs are considered; and electronic publishing is addressed,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Indexes, Electronic Publishing, Librarian Attitudes
