Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management (Acquisitions Librarian Series, 6) - Hardcover

Katz, Linda S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560241608 ISBN 13: 9781560241607

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Pamela S. Cenzer, Cynthia I. Gozzi

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560241608
• ISBN 13: 9781560241607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172