Acquisitions core concepts and practices, second edition /

• Main Author: Holden, Jesse.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: [S.l.] : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Acquisition of electronic information resources; Acquisitions (Libraries); Libraries and electronic publishing
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

As a discipline, acquisitions encompasses everything from purchasing and budgeting to enabling access to materials; and every format from books, monographs, and serials to e-books, subscription-based electronic resources, and beyond. In this guide, Holden boils it to down to its essentials while pro...

Table of Contents:

• Acquisitions: core concepts and practices, second edition
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One. Acquisitions: An Overview
• Chapter Two: Assemblages of Access
• Chapter Three: Assemblages of Discovery
• Chapter Four: Assemblages of Feedback and Service
• Chapter Five: The Acquisitions Assemblage: Putting it All Together
• Appendix: Code of Ethics of the American Library Association
• Glossary
• Index.