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American Libraries, 1973
The administrative and legal pitfalls inherent in quick exchanges of bound volumes for microfiles are discussed. (2 references) (KE)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Peer reviewedGleaves, Edwin S.; Carterette, Robert T. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1982
Suggests the acquisition of microform serials as a solution to the problems of cost, space, personnel resources, rate of acquisition, and rate of consumption of shelving space associated with library acquisition and maintenance of serials. Cost benefits for a select number of microform serials are considered. Nine references are listed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Urschel, Donna – Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 1997
Describes the Library of Congress's selective acquisition process. Topics include the collections policy statements; the Exchange and Gift Division; overseas offices; the Order Division; and electronic resources, microforms, and serials and periodicals. (LRW)
Descriptors: Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Policy
Stubbs, Kendon, Comp.; Buxton, David, Comp. – 1981
This cumulation provides access to historical statistics of research libraries in the United States and Canada, not including non-university members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The publication has been produced from a computerized data file and incorporates corrections to the annual editions of ARL statistics. An explanatory…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Enrollment, Federal Aid, Higher Education
Frankie, Suzanne, Comp. – 1978
This paper compiles the 1977 to 1978 academic library statistics and rank order tables from 105 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in the areas of collections, interlibrary loans, expenditures, personnel, microform holdings, and university enrollments and doctorate information. Review of the ARL statistics for 1978 indicates…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Federal Interagency Field Librarians Workshop, Washington, DC. – 1972
The thrust behind the necessity for these workshops was the apparent interdependence of libraries having mutual problems and solving these problems by close cooperation and communication. The workshops have outlined agency programs and policies; emphasized better agency-wide service; promoted efficiency and economy of operations; encouraged…
Descriptors: Administration, Agencies, Budgets, Cataloging
Peer reviewedSwora, Tamara; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1986
Three articles review the literature on the new information technologies as they relate to library technical services in 1984 and 1985. Swora and Fischer review micrographics, optical disk technology, and the fair use debate; Pankake covers collection development and acquisitions; and Linken describes changes in serials management. (EM)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Library Acquisition
