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Duchin, Douglas – Journal of Library Administration, 1990
Describes the services offered to librarians by book vendors and addresses the effects of increasing costs and decreasing funds on library acquisitions and publishers as well as on vendors. The costs of ordering and processing library materials are discussed, and labor-saving devices in acquisitions are suggested. (LRW)
Descriptors: Costs, Library Acquisition, Library Expenditures, Library Materials
Graef, Robert; And Others – Book Report, 1990
Presents 11 articles that deal with selection skills and collection development in junior and senior high school libraries. Highlights include censorship concerns, selecting corporate-sponsored materials, written selection policies, budget considerations, sample selection and evaluation forms for print and nonprint materials, reference books, and…
Descriptors: Censorship, Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria, Junior High Schools

Hauptman, Robert – Catholic Library World, 1989
Reviews the problem of rising periodical subscriptions costs for libraries, and argues that subscribers must take a stand by refusing to subsidize greedy publishers. Guidelines for increasing the effectiveness of serials budgets by decreasing the number of subscriptions are suggested. (CLB)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Library Expenditures, Library Material Selection
Chelton, Mary K. – Library Journal, 1992
Addresses issues that concern the relationship between publishers and librarians, including differences between libraries and bookstores; necessary information for advertisements; out-of-stock designations and their effect on budgets; the role of distributors and vendors; direct mail for book promotions; unsolicited review copies; communications…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Bookstores, Budgets, Librarians

Losee, Robert M. – Library Quarterly, 1987
Presents a decision theoretic model that minimizes the costs of the material selection decision process by using formal methods to rank materials. Illustrations of the process are provided, and an implementation method using MARC records is described. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Library Expenditures, Library Material Selection
Buchman, James H.; Byrnes, Jane, Ed. – 1990
Addressing both positive and negative issues associated with adapting telefacsimile technology to meet library service needs, this guide provides basic information about the technology while illustrating how librarians have begun to incorporate it into their work processes. The following topics are covered: (1) the definition of telefacsimile and…
Descriptors: Costs, Electronic Equipment, Facsimile Transmission, Guidelines

Ring, Daniel F.; And Others – Public Libraries, 1994
Discusses the mission of public libraries in light of the decision to purchase Madonna's book "Sex." Three viewpoints are presented: a critic of selection policies that are too broad in the name of intellectual freedom; the director of a small public library with a limited budget; and a library historian. (Contains 18 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, Library Directors, Library Expenditures

Dollen, Charles J.; And Others – Catholic Library World, 1990
Seven articles address issues and concerns of parish libraries in Catholic churches. Topics discussed include the role of the pastor; budgets; video hardware and software for family faith development; strategies to be used in developing a library; promotional ideas; and resources for parish libraries, including videotapes and books. (LRW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Church Programs, Clergy, Computer Software
Poulos, Angela – 1979
Cooperative collection development is discussed as a method of coping with rising prices for expensive and little used library materials. The experiences of institutions which have had success in overcoming difficulties associated with cooperative ventures are presented, and a program of 12 recommendations is suggested. Twenty references are…
Descriptors: Costs, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Cooperation

Willard, Louis Charles – Reference Librarian, 1994
Considers future possibilities and needs in libraries, including fewer acquisitions due to rising costs; the demise of older materials; the influence of the nature of access on the direction of scholarly inquiry, i.e., the influence of technology; using electronic resources appropriately; and questioning established routines. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Futures (of Society), Library Acquisition

Dannelly, Gay N. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Discusses the increased costs of library materials, the need for a new budgeting approach, and the impact of technology. The development of a library materials index that was developed at Ohio State University to provide a consistent source for measuring library materials expenditures against the marketplace is described. (Contains 14 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Cost Indexes, Costs

Dowd, Sheila T. – Journal of Library Administration, 1990
Examines the rising costs of library materials and the impact on access to information. Four types of cooperative library programs are described: (1) programs to extend scholarly resources; (2) programs to reduce materials costs by dividing collecting responsibility; (3) programs to improve clients' access to information; and (4) programs to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation
Gore, Daniel – Library Journal, 1981
Recommends academic libraries consider cooperative storage of unused or little-used library materials to offset the proliferation of print materials and conserve financial resources. Mutually shared storage would retain collection integrity, expand collection availability, conserve library space for the active collection, and permit a no-growth…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Storage, Interlibrary Loans, Library Collections

Schrift, Leonard – Journal of Library Administration, 1990
Discusses the rising costs of library materials from a vendor's perspective. Effects of corporate takeovers of publishers are examined, resource sharing among libraries is discussed, the role of the library as a supplier of information resources and services is considered, and libraries' need for product development and marketing strategies is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Information Management, Information Services

Martin, Murray S. – Library Trends, 1994
Discusses changes in libraries and the influence they have on library budgets. Highlights include reorganization in response to changes; automation, including document delivery in place of acquisitions; the library role; relationships with dealers and vendors; library materials, including the expansion of nonprint materials such as databases; and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Databases, Library Acquisition, Library Administration