Full Product Details
Author: Frances C. Wilkinson ,
Connie Capers Thorson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.461kg
ISBN: 9781563084812
ISBN 10: 1563084813
Pages: 199
Publication Date: 15 September 1998
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This book covers an important area of acquisitions and provides useful information on the intricacies of the business aspect of contracts for materials and services that is too frequently neglected in library education. It is readable, provides reality-based information, and is essential for all collection management, acquisitions, and selection personnel. The authors have managed to create a book that fills a void in the literature of the field, providing useful and useable information for practitioners. Every library and information center should own a copy of this book. -Journal of Library and Information Science A valuable addition to the professional literature ... For any library interested in developing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for approval plans or serials, this volume should be considered required reading ... This volume is highly recommended. -Journal of Academic Librarianship ?This book covers an important area of acquisitions and provides useful information on the intricacies of the business aspect of contracts for materials and services that is too frequently neglected in library education. It is readable, provides reality-based information, and is essential for all collection management, acquisitions, and selection personnel. The authors have managed to create a book that fills a void in the literature of the field, providing useful and useable information for practitioners. Every library and information center should own a copy of this book.?-Journal of Library and Information Science ?A valuable addition to the professional literature ... For any library interested in developing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for approval plans or serials, this volume should be considered required reading ... This volume is highly recommended.?-Journal of Academic Librarianship
?This book covers an important area of acquisitions and provides useful information on the intricacies of the business aspect of contracts for materials and services that is too frequently neglected in library education. It is readable, provides reality-based information, and is essential for all collection management, acquisitions, and selection personnel. The authors have managed to create a book that fills a void in the literature of the field, providing useful and useable information for practitioners. Every library and information center should own a copy of this book.?-Journal of Library and Information Science
Author Information
FRANCES C. WILKINSON is Director, Acquisitions and Serials Department, General Library, and Associate Professor of Librarianship, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
