Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials : Acquisitions and Purchasing Options

Name: Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials : Acquisitions and Purchasing Options
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc
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Acquisitions and Purchasing Options

By: Linda S Katz

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Hardcover | 1 December 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Hardcover
136 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
28.0 x 21.6 x 1.27

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An invaluable how-to for librarians and archivists--inside insights from leading collectors!
This essential guide to the acquisition process covers every aspect of the search for hard-to-find materials. Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials: Acquisition and Purchasing Options is a handbook of traditional and not-so-traditional methods for identifying, locating, and acquiring rare items from a variety of sources. The book serves as a comprehensive reference for professionals and students alike, drawing on the experiences of the foremost archivists in their fields.
The book offers a unique assortment of specialized essays, informative and instructive. The assembled collectors are your guides on a journey in search of rare items--through specialty catalogs and special circumstances, libraries and bookshops, collections and book stocks--through the print underground of the acquisitions world. Topics range from the basics of acquisitions, to setting (and sticking to) a budget, building a collection, determining the market value of out-of-print materials, and more detailed looks at individual areas of research.
Experienced archivists and budding collectors will find indispensable information on a variety of vital topics in this book, including:

out-of-print music
underground poetry
acquisitions outside the United States
planning a collection
hard-to-find materials on science, technology, and medicine
out-of-print literature

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