Librarians and vendors address library issues relating to the cost of acquiring information. In light of the financial crisis affecting nearly every library in the United States today, this insightful volume will be useful for library managers, technical services librarians, acquisitions librarians, and others interested in costs of library materials as they relate to library programs. The authoritative contributors discuss the specific problems that can be attributed to rising costs and share with you their suggested ...
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Librarians and vendors address library issues relating to the cost of acquiring information. In light of the financial crisis affecting nearly every library in the United States today, this insightful volume will be useful for library managers, technical services librarians, acquisitions librarians, and others interested in costs of library materials as they relate to library programs. The authoritative contributors discuss the specific problems that can be attributed to rising costs and share with you their suggested strategies for coping with the continuing crises caused by runaway prices for scholarly material. Among the topics addressed are managing library budgets, trends in serials acquisitions, book vendors'perspectives on acquisitions costs, examining technical services operations, using information in electronic formats, and using library networks.
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