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Acquisitions

      Titles Descriptions
  1. ACQNET
  2. Acquisitions, Serials, and Collection Development
  3. AcqWeb
  4. BookData
  5. Bookish Home Page
  6. Librarians' Resource Centre
  7. Library Acquisitions Resources
  8. Library Journals: Acquisitions, Serials and Collection Development
  9. NAG: National Acquisitions Group
  10. National Strategy for Scottish Material
  11. Report to the RSLP on Barriers to Resource Sharing Among Higher Education Libraries
  12. Selected Bibliography for Library Acquisitions
  13. SHERAL: Scottish Higher Education and Research Acquisitions Librarians
  14. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Acquisitions Department-Main Library System

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ACQNET
Aims to provide a medium for those involved in acquisitions work to exchange information and ideas. Includes archive and mailing list information.
     Author: ACQWEB
     Subjects: acquisitions, collection development
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: mailinglist
Acquisitions, Serials, and Collection Development
Part of the Internet Library for Librarians project. Includes review services, publishers' catalogues, serials subscription and exchange services, journals and mailing lists, collection development policies and information about acquisitions of foreign materials.
     Author: InfoWorks Technology Company
     Subjects: acquisitions, collection development, serials
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: index
AcqWeb
Acquisitions web server which aims to help acquisitions librarians make use of the Internet. Contains web news, collection development tools, publishers and vendors information, links to library associations and organisations, newsletters, journals, and other library and information science resources. AcqWeb is the sister publication of ACQNET.
     Author: Leiserson, Anna Belle
     Subjects: acquisitions, collection development
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: index
BookData
Creates bibliographic records including descriptions, tables of contents and a range of subject classifications. Holds a database of over one million records for books and other materials.
     Author: Book Data
     Subjects: acquisitions, book studies, classification
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: productinfo
Bookish Home Page
Comprehensive site for book industry users of the Internet.
     Author: Book Industry Communication
     Subjects: acquisitions, book studies
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: documents, index
Librarians' Resource Centre
A selective collection of resources compiled to facilitate information research and retrieval. It is organised along three major divisions. Section one is dedicated to public services and has pointers to search engines, topical guides, ready reference and databases. Section two is devoted to professional development, knowledge management and library literature on the web. Section three covers technical services and provides guides for cataloguing, Internet and intranet development tools and acquisitions sourcing.
     Author: Special Libraries Association
     Subjects: acquisitions, information retrieval, library and information science links
     DeweyClass: 020
     Resource type: index
Library Acquisitions Resources
Includes lists of publishers and vendors, serials tools and discussion lists.
     Author: St. Mary's University Blume Library
     Subjects: acquisitions, serials
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: index
Library Journals: Acquisitions, Serials and Collection Development
Resource providing links to journal titles in the fields of acquisitions, serials and collection development.
     Author: InfoWorks Technology Company
     Subjects: acquisitions, collection development, library management, serials
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: index
NAG: National Acquisitions Group
An organisation which aims to bring together all those concerned with library acquisitions, to assist them in exchanging information, to promote understanding and good practice, and to influence other organisations and individuals to adopt its opinions and standards.
     Author: National Acquisitions Group
     Subjects: acquisitions, book studies
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: institution
National Strategy for Scottish Material
Report delivered to the Scottish Library and Information Council regarding a national strategy for maintaining the acquisition of Scottish materials for Scottish libraries. Available in PDF only.
     Author: Osborne, Brian D. and Taylor, Michael C.
     Subjects: acquisitions, library management, preservation
     DeweyClass: 025.29411
     Resource type: document
Report to the RSLP on Barriers to Resource Sharing Among Higher Education Libraries
Analytical report delivered to the RSLP (Research Support Libraries Programme) in 2002 investigating the factors impeding resource sharing and deeper collaboration among UK higher education libraries, with recommendations and strategies for facilitating cooperation. Available in Microsoft Word format.
     Author: Higher Education Consultancy Group
     Subjects: acquisitions, library management, library resource sharing, preservation
     DeweyClass: 027.7
     Resource type: document
Selected Bibliography for Library Acquisitions
The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services is responsible for acquisition, identification, cataloguing, classification, and preservation of library materials. This bibliography compiled in 1997 for ALCTS Acquisitions Section.
     Author: Hall, Barbara
     Subjects: acquisitions, classification, preservation
     DeweyClass: 025.0
     Resource type: bibliography
SHERAL: Scottish Higher Education and Research Acquisitions Librarians
A listing of overseas book suppliers used by acquisitions librarians at five Scottish universities. Includes postal addresses of suppliers, with telephone, fax, email, and Web details where available. The listing also indicates which institutions make use of each supplier, and includes a geographical index of suppliers.
     Author: Scottish Higher Education and Research Acquisitions Librarians
     Subjects: acquisitions, international booksellers, library suppliers
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: directory
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Acquisitions Department-Main Library System
Provides information about the acquisitions department and links to Internet resources UNC-Chapel Hill have found to be most useful to acquisitions work. These include publishing and reference resources as well as publishers and library catalogues.
     Author: University of North Carolina
     Subjects: acquisitions, collection development
     DeweyClass: 025.218
     Resource type: index