Library Collection Development and Acquisition System

Contents Preface. 1. Fundamentals of library acquisition and selection. 2. Foundations of collection development. 3. Special types of materials selection and acquisition. 4. Acquisition under contract. 5. Interlibrary loan. 6. Library Acquisition Policy a model draft. 7. Automating network management and compliance. 8. The management of library and information services in the institutions. 9. National Library of Canada collections management policy official publications of Foreign Governments (2002). 10. Collection management policy of the National Library of Canada. 11. Collection development at the University Library. 12. Ergonomic circulation desk a case study. 13. Resource sharing in transition. 14. Division for libraries technology and community learning. 15. Library copying for patrons and for its own collection. 16. Library reproduction patron requests. 17. Library reproduction unsupervised copying news programs and contractual limitations on acquisitions. 18. Cooperative Collection Management Program a case. Bibliography. Index. Acquisition in libraries is one of technical services aims to develop and update the libraries collection of books and periodicals. There are four stages in acquisition of books (1) selection (2) ordering (3) accessioning and (4) payments. Each stage has several operations and recoding procedure. Acquisition and disposals policy are those involved in teaching and research being involved at an early stage in both general and subject specific aspects of Library Acquisition Policies. 270 pp.