UID:
almafu_9959232976702883
Format:
1 online resource (153 pages)
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
0-8389-1491-8
Content:
Presenting a model that's both comprehensive and flexible, Holden demonstrates how technical competencies and ethical imperatives can inform the day-to-day workflow of acquisition librarians.
Note:
Acquisitions: Core Concepts and Practices, Second Edition -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Acquisitions: An Overview -- Information Paradigm -- What Is a Collection? -- What Is Acquisitions? -- Why Theory? -- Why Ethics? -- Applying Ethics -- Conclusion: A Call for Radicalization -- Chapter Two: Assemblages of Access -- The Information Ecosystem -- Working with Vendors -- Orders -- Strategic Assemblages of Access -- Conclusion: Strategic Access -- Chapter Three: Assemblages of Discovery -- Discovery -- Content Objects -- eBooks as Assemblages -- eBooks 1: A La Carte -- eBooks 2: Bundles -- eBooks 3: Plans -- Online Ordering -- Conclusion: Ensuring Connectivity -- Chapter Four: Assemblages of Feedback and Service -- Service Role of Acquisitions -- Aspects of Service -- Integrating Assemblages -- Staffing -- Technology -- Content Acquisition Plans -- Mechanisms of Feedback -- Conclusion: Cycles of Feedback and Service -- Chapter Five: The Acquisitions Assemblage: Putting it All Together -- Managing Acquisitions -- Alternate Strategies of Access -- Archives: Present and Future -- "Free": Costs and Considerations -- Managing eBooks -- Diminishing Boundaries: The Case of Interlibrary Loan -- Radical Strategies: Strategic Assemblages -- Conclusion: Rhizomatic Acquisitions -- Appendix: Code of Ethics of the American Library Association -- Glossary -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8389-1460-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
