In 1972-73 the University of Guelph Library used machine readable files of its collections to take inventory. A book detection system was also installed which reduced losses to .5 percent for the year. (Author/AP)

At the University of New Mexico, a machine-readable work file was developed to aid the bibliographer in science collection building. (PF)

The on-line acquisition program (LOLITA) in use at the Oregon State University Library is described in terms of development costs, equipment requirements, and overall design philosophy. (Author)

The Acquisitions System has been using the IBM 360/40 computer since April 1968. The order routine is described and pertinent order records and printouts discussed. (Author/NH)

Computerization of acquisitions activity is a technological advance already underway. Like all advances in technology it requires advances in knowledge, and future advances will occur only after research has produced the necessary knowledge. Comprehensive system design made possible by computerization will provide acquisitions with the objective…

In a new era of austerity in academic libraries, more realistic concepts of collection building will have to be adopted and new patterns of service will have to be devised. (Author/PF)

Cutbacks in funding and personnel required the Mankato State College Library to gain more effective control over its serials collection. The task was to integrate the various data, some unrecorded, on standing orders and serials holdings and to produce for the library directors specialized lists of many types: all titles ordered from a specific…

Academic and research libraries have tended to dominate change and codification in this area of library work, as much in 1876 as in 1976. (Author)

This discussion of the approach taken in developing and integrating the available local and national systems into one unified management system examines and illustrates how the home-grown acquisitions module, the shared cataloging of OCLC and local circulation/inventory control module under development all interface and complement each other.…

Recommends the grouping together of serials functions, describes the application of such serials management in a university library, and appraises the expected organizational impact of automation on a centralized serials department. (FM)

The installation of an automated acquisitions system, the Innovacq 100, demanded a review and revision of procedures in the Acquisitions Department of the University of Central Florida Library. This practicum report describes the process involved in developing the new procedures. Prior to installation, the old departmental procedures manual and…

An off-line system to purchase, renew, claim missing issues, and maintain cost figures, current lists, and subscription histories of periodical holdings. (LS)

The Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library contains 200,000 volumes and 900 serial subscriptions and operates with an annual budget as of 1974-75 of $235,000. It serves 2000 undergraduates in a 4 year liberal arts college. Library automation is used in the following areas: (1) bibliographic compilations; (2) cataloging of books, octavo choral…

Describes the application of a specific word processor to acquisitions fund accounting and reporting functions at Rice University's Fondren Library. Encumbrance of firm orders, preparing budget reports, math calculations, ledger format (for each fund), report format (summarizes overall fund activity), and the value of word processors are…