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1972
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED072834 |
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- Printed Materials: Selection and Acquisition. Hospital Library Handbooks No. 3. Cramer, Anne Interlibrary Loans Librarians Library Acquisition Library Material Selection Library Services Medical Libraries Professional Continuing Education Regardless of the size of the hospital, the librarian must acquire information for staff members by whatever means possible. Large hospitals with large staff, more information requests per week, and a better economic base will purchase a greater number of information materials. Small hospitals will purchase only the most basic reference books and bibliographies, and will depend on interlibrary loans to supply specific items for one-time use by individuals. Whether the librarian is purchasing or borrowing, she will need to know what types of materials are available (indexes, abstracts, texts, journals, reference books, etc.) and what kind of knowledge each type of material will provide. A loan request sent to another library includes the same descriptive data as a purchase order sent to a publisher or to a book agent. This handbook is mainly concerned with instruction for selecting and purchasing library materials. However, effective service through interlibrary loans requires just as much knowledge of basic bibliography: the world of books and journals and other information media. (Handbook No. 2 is available as ED 066 206) (Author)