Guide to Preservation in Acquisition Processing: No 8 (ALCTS Acquisition Guidelines) - Softcover

Acquisition Of Library Materials Section Of The Association For Library Materials Section Of The Association For Library Collections & Technical Services

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838906117 ISBN 13: 9780838906118

Publisher: ALA Editions, 1993

Synopsis

This guide is designed to help the acquisition librarian to coordinate a programme which will review materials as they pass through the acquisition process. It provides basic preservation terminology and discusses the role the acquisition librarian plays in the preservation of library collections. The book also encourages acquisition librarians to integrate preservation activities into the acquisition process, and discusses the coordination of acquisition, collection development and preservation functions. It offers scenarios for handling items in poor condition in the acquisition process and concludes with a full reading list.

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0838906117
• ISBN 13: 9780838906118
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 39
• Editor: Hamilton Marsha J