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Main Authors: Crotts, Brenda, And Others
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1989
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED309786
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  • Report on the Business of Acquisitions Regional Institute (Berkeley, CA, April 20-21, 1989). Crotts, Brenda And Others Academic Libraries Higher Education Library Acquisition Library Administration Library Automation Public Libraries Publishing Industry Serials This report on a Business of Acquisitions Regional Institute, sponsored by the Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD) of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Northern California Technical Processes Group (NCTPG), summarizes the keynote address on the relationships between booksellers, publishers, and librarians. Three panel discussions on publishing, bookselling, and automation planning and implementation are also summarized. Mini-sessions on the following topics are reviewed: (1) financial management in academic libraries; (2) firm orders; (3) serials control; (4) vendor evaluation; (5) financial management in public libraries; (6) approval plans in academic libraries; (7) approval plans in public libraries; (8) government documents; (9) serials ordering; (10) Latin American acquisitions; (11) out-of-print acquisitions; (12) media and software ordering; and (13) Asian ordering. (MES)