This book, first published in 1987, is an essential volume for all library professionals responsible for acquisitions. It explores pricing from the publisher's, wholesaler's, and library's perspective. Experts reveal insightful information on vendors, approvals, acquisition costs, overseas monographic pricing, and much more.
1. Introduction Sul H. Lee
2. Pricing From Three Perspectives: The
Publisher, the Wholesaler, the Library Kent Hendrickson
3. The Approval
Connection: Pricing the Ordering Alternatives Jennifer Cargill
4. Truth in
Vending Leonard Schrift
5. Books Across the Waters: An Examination of United
Kingdom Monographic Pricing Dana Alessi
6. Mountains and Molehills: How
University Presses Determine Book Prices and How Those Prices Relate to
Library Budgets George W. Bauer
7. Acquisitions Costs: How the Selection of a
Purchasing Source Affects the Cost of Processing Materials Edna Laughrey
8.
Differential Pricing of Monographs and Serials Christian M. Boissonnas
9. The
Cost of Global Serials: The Vendor's Perspective Kit Kennedy
10. The
Library's Cost and the Vendor's Price for Serials James T. Stephens
11.
Materials Costs and Collection Development in Academic Libraries Lenore Clark
