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Acquisition in Different and Special Subject Areas (Paperback)
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Acquisition in Different and Special Subject Areas (Paperback)
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Learn how acquisitions librarians successfully serve specialized
users! In this book, you'll find profiles, methods, and processes
for acquisitions in specialized subject areas, such as local and
regional poetry, oceanography, educational information in
electronic formats, popular fiction, regional and ethnic materials,
and more. Seasoned acquisitions librarians share their experiences
in gathering the hard-to-find materials their libraries' highly
specialized clients need to access. You'll also examine issues
surrounding the acquisition of new reference tools that are vital
in today's emerging electronic environment. With Acquisition in
Different and Special Subject Areas, you'll examine: methods of
ferreting out local and regional poetryfrom Daniel Veach,
editor/publisher of the Atlanta Review the acquisition process in a
specialized institution devoted to oceanographyfrom Elizabeth
Cooksey of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography how to acquire
regional and ethnic materials for your library collection a
practical guide to the acquisition of material from an African
country (based on the author's experience in the West African
nation of Benin) acquisition of Web-based educational materials
acquisitions in the expanding area of popular fiction an
acquisition librarian's mission to the multilingual nation of
India, where she assessed the acquisition possibilities for the new
India Studies program at Indiana University Special libraries can
exist in corners of large public or university libraries or they
can be independent. They can be large and populated by hundreds of
staff, or very small, staffed by one person. The defining
characteristic of a special library is that its clientele is
specialized. Acquisition in Different and Special Subject Areas
brings together the voices of acquisitions librarians serving a
wide variety of fields to guide you through the acquisitions
process in their areas of concentration. It is a book that no
budding or experienced acquisitions librarian should be without!
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