Acquisitions and A Guide - Resources and Review

Academia provides monthly bibliographic information on nearly 2000 titles of interest to the academic community, profiled and arranged by subject area.
 
Includes lists of publishers and vendors, serials tools and discussion lists.
 
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.
 
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.
 
A collection of entries from all the Acquisitions Updates which appeared in NAG Newsletter.
 
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.
 
Comprehensive site for book industry users of the Internet.
 
The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services is responsible for acquisition, identification, cataloguing, classification, and preservation of library materials.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Aims to provide a medium for those involved in acquisitions work to exchange information and ideas. Includes archive and mailing list information.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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