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Crotts, Brenda; And Others – 1989
This report on a Business of Acquisitions Regional Institute, sponsored by the Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD) of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Northern California Technical Processes Group (NCTPG), summarizes the keynote address on the relationships between booksellers, publishers, and librarians. Three panel…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Tuten, Jane H., Comp.; Jones, Beverly, Comp. – 1995
Libraries have always had to determine how to allocate resources for the purpose of purchasing materials. As budgets shrink and as information becomes more open, objective methods of allocating funds become more attractive. This Clip Note examines the use of formulas in the smaller institution academic environment. It identifies elements used in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, College Libraries, Higher Education

Stagg, Deborah Bolton – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
This paper examines specific issues in the administration of serials (publications issued in successive parts and intended to be continued indefinitely) as they have been addressed by a small academic library with budget constraints and limited personnel. Highlights include collection development, bibliographic control, acquisition, automation,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Acquisition

Olum, Paul – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Written from perspective of the president of a graduate research-oriented university, the author explores nature of the academic library, its size and structure, retrenchment as it affects acquisitions and services, and issue of who makes decisions concerning the library. Space and budgetary problems at the University of Oregon are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Tramdack, Philip J.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1993
Includes three articles that address issues associated with the automation and management of library acquisitions departments. Highlights include the systems librarian's point of view; restructuring the cataloging and acquisitions departments in a large academic library after NOTIS implementation; and the workflow in a smaller university library.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Edelman, Hendrik; Hazen, Dan C. – 1979
This report describes the aspirations and inspirations as well as the data collection and analyses which constituted the first phase of activity under the Mellon Foundation grant to examine collection development and management at Cornell. The emphasis is mainly on analytical and planning processes rather than specific results during this first…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Diedrichs, Carol Pitts – Library Administration & Management, 1996
Identifies the types of individuals engaged in financial activities with whom an acquisitions librarian at a university library may need to interact. Discusses why financial relationships with these individuals are important to acquisitions librarians and how these relationships can be established and enhanced. (JMV)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Human Relations, Librarians
Lehocky, Barbara – 1979
This paper discusses the need and provides guidelines for the preparation of policy statements on reference collection development for academic libraries. Policy elements recommended for inclusion are statements on collection objectives, collection scope, physical size, types of material, selector roles, removal procedures, and interdepartmental…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Woodsworth, Anne – 1981
Following a brief history of York University libraries, this document outlines current objectives of library operations, the problems faced in establishing future priorities, and the objectives for implementation or investigation for the next three to five years. The current mission and operating objectives in the functional areas of collecting,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Administration
DeVolder, Arthur L. – 1974
Narrative and statistics are used to describe the activities of the University of New Mexico libraries in fiscal year 1973-74. The information given includes quantities of print and nonprint material acquired; changes in the administrative, readers' services, and technical processes divisions; the establishment of a collection development office;…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Alford, Larry P. – 2000
This paper addresses organization and management issues related to library material selection and acquisitions in the digital age, based on the author's experiences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill library. The first part of the paper focuses on selection. The following principles of selection are discussed: (1) developing a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology

Atkinson, Ross – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Discussion of the decline in the purchasing power of academic libraries' acquisitions budgets focuses on why and how the acquisitions budget should be integrated into the broader library and institutional budgeting and planning process to help manage the costs of scholarly communication. Highlights include collection development and remodeling the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Costs, Higher Education

Ray, Ron L. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Examines three circumstances likely to alter the organization of acquisitions expertise in libraries: holistic understanding superseding specialized expertise; diverging futures for acquisitions expertise and acquisitions departments; and the role of acquisitions expertise outside the library. (AEF)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Holistic Evaluation

Bennett, Scott – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Reports on initiatives being taken by the Association of Research Libraries, University of Pittsburgh, Research Libraries Group, and Center for Research Libraries in response to development of collection management in academic librarianship, and comments on issues emerging from these initiatives--use documentation, cooperation, and paperless…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Wetherbee, James M. – 1995
This document is a statement of guidelines for the collection of reference materials at the Ethel K. Smith Library in Wingate University (North Carolina). The library's mission statement is given at the outset. Then parameters are established for the reference collection's scope and size, including subject-area and media priorities. The statement…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Library Acquisition