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Approval Plans - Issues and Innovations (Hardcover)
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Approval Plans - Issues and Innovations (Hardcover)
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How can you, as an acquisition librarians, keep current on the
output of hundreds of publishers? The answer, of course, is that
you cannot. For over 30 years, approval plans have been used by
librarians to acquire current titles, save staff time, and build
core collections. Even today, these reasons seem appropriate, as
libraries try to maintain up-to-date collections and control
personnel and operating budgets. However, as shown in Approval
Plans: Issues and Innovations, the use of approval plans is not so
simple and straightforward; their use is subject to complex
procedures and policies--and even politics. This book presents
research by librarians from academic libraries and professionals
from approval vendors to give you necessary insight on the major
approval plan issues and to show you some of the innovative
approaches to solving the problems associated with approval plans.
Unfortunately, approval plans are not as simple as creating a
"needs" profile and receiving the books that match that profile
from an approval vendor. Problems and questions invariably arise.
If you are in acquisitions and collection development or
administration, it is particularly important that you explore the
following questions posed in Approval Plans: What mechanisms can
reduce receipt of duplicate titles? Do vendors see small college
libraries as a viable market? What role does technology play in
improving approval plans? What level of returns is acceptable? Do
the hidden operational costs of approval plans offset their
benefits? Approval Plans is full of useful information that will
show you how to save time and money, improve collections, and
utilize new technology. The book discusses such key issues as: the
benefits of approval plans to public service vs. the costs to
technical service; the call for refined profiles to help keep
return rates low; proper management in key areas such as profile
development, quality control, and plan maintenance; approval plan
overlap; and vendor responsibilities. Innovations covered include:
the call for introduction of approval plans to small college
libraries; the possibility of "outsourcing" technical service
functions with vendor-supplied cataloging and end-processing; the
use of online services, World Wide Web, and the Internet to improve
communication between vendors, publishers, and libraries; and a
list of criteria to be considered when selecting an automated
acquisitions system. Approval Plans is especially useful and timely
as libraries are considering the best ways for acquiring books
during an era of declining materials budgets. This collection also
has special importance, in a broader sense, to the many changes
that are occurring in academic libraries today.
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