Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 1991
Book
Hardback
172 pages
978-1-56024-160-7 (ISBN)
Description
Here is an in-depth book on the process of evaluating your acquisitions and collection management programs. No project, no matter how ingenious or innovative, will be granted support by a funding agency without a solid evaluation plan. Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management discusses the reasons evaluation is held in such high regard by administrators. The authors describe a variety of evaluation activities that cover both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The first section of the book covers current trends and the impact on collection development and acquisitions, and how the evaluation of collections can reveal patterns of program support that can then be compared between peer institutions. Other topics include the process of assigning relative value to acquisitions activities, performance appraisal, and methods for improving procedures of acquiring materials. Acquisitions librarians and administrators will find this book extremely helpful in streamlining their acquisitions and collection management programs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56024-160-7 (9781560241607)
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Linda S. Katz
Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management
E-Book
05/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
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Linda S. Katz
Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management
E-Book
05/2013
Routledge
€60.49
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Person
Pamela S. Cenzer, Cynthia I. Gozzi
Content
Contents
Introduction
Complement or Contradiction: The Role of Acquisitions in the Access Versus Ownership Dynamic
Budgeting for Users: Rethinking the Materials Budget
Threats and Opportunities: Collection Development in a Changing Research Library Environment
Collection Development for the Nineties: A Context for Evaluation
Translating the Conspectus: Presenting Collection Evaluation Results to Administrators
Variations on a Theme: Evaluating the Acquisitions Department
Evaluating Acquisitions Service: New Concepts and Changing Perceptions
The Acquisitions/Collection Development Departments as Service Units in Academic Libraries: A Less Traditional Evaluative Criterion
Vendor Performance Evaluation as a Model for Evaluating Acquisitions
Evaluation Under the Gun: Not Necessarily Inferior
Performance Evaluation of Collection Development and Acquisitions Librarians
On Performance Consultation with Bibliographers: A Non-Rational and Non-Machiavellian Perspective
Evaluation of Searching
Service Through Automation: Sharing Fund Accounting Information
Introduction
Complement or Contradiction: The Role of Acquisitions in the Access Versus Ownership Dynamic
Budgeting for Users: Rethinking the Materials Budget
Threats and Opportunities: Collection Development in a Changing Research Library Environment
Collection Development for the Nineties: A Context for Evaluation
Translating the Conspectus: Presenting Collection Evaluation Results to Administrators
Variations on a Theme: Evaluating the Acquisitions Department
Evaluating Acquisitions Service: New Concepts and Changing Perceptions
The Acquisitions/Collection Development Departments as Service Units in Academic Libraries: A Less Traditional Evaluative Criterion
Vendor Performance Evaluation as a Model for Evaluating Acquisitions
Evaluation Under the Gun: Not Necessarily Inferior
Performance Evaluation of Collection Development and Acquisitions Librarians
On Performance Consultation with Bibliographers: A Non-Rational and Non-Machiavellian Perspective
Evaluation of Searching
Service Through Automation: Sharing Fund Accounting Information