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OUT-OF-PRINT AND SPECIAL COLLECTION MATERIALS
ACQUISITION AND PURCHASING OPTIONS |
| By: |
Linda Sternberg Katz, Judith A. Overmier (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£91.99 |
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£89.23 |
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£2.76 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0789016745 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780789016744 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
| Pub. date: |
12 August, 2002 |
| Pages: |
142 |
| Synopsis: |
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 |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Haworth Press Inc |
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Returnable |
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