Understanding the Business of Library Acquisitions

By Karen A. Schmidt

As critical as it may be to library success, the acquisitions process is probably still the least understood in any library organization. Acquisitions encompasses a number of different activities that may seem to be the domain of almost every other section in the library. It's no surprise that managing a function that is such an anomaly presents a unique challenge.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838907415
• ISBN13: 9780838907412
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"