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Download full textJohnson-Blount, Theresa – 1990
This report presents the results of a study the objective of which was to determine how widespread automated acquisitions systems are in North Texas' Association of Higher Education (AHE) libraries and what the characteristics of these systems are. The paper is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the paper and an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Automation
Peer reviewedObiagwu, M. C. – Information Development, 1987
This discussion of the difficulties involved in acquiring materials for academic libraries in Nigeria uses statistics at one university to demonstrate the drop in foreign exchange based orders. Alternatives to overseas purchasing, including local purchasing, gifts and exchanges, and resource sharing programs, are also discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, International Trade
Dole, Wanda; And Others – 1996
In 1989, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) introduced a microcomputer-based evaluation tool called the Collection Analysis CD. In 1993, the SUNY Stony Brook Libraries used this tool to measure its collections against those of 27 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) peer libraries and of a "mythical" peer group. In 1996, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Consortia, Data Analysis
