Title & Author:

Acquisition of foreign materials for U.S. libraries / compiled and edited by Theodore Samore.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1982.

Description:

xi, 218 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The significance of foreign materials for U.S. collections: problems of acquisitions (Robert B. Downs and Norman B. Brown) -- Foreign acquisition programs of the Library of Congress (Edmond L. Applebaum) -- The National Library of Medicine and the National Agricultural Library: acquisitions policies and cooperative acquisitions efforts (John Charles Finzi) -- Acquisitions by gift and exchange (Mark Kovacic) -- Acquisition of current materials from Europe: a view from Blackwell's (Blackwell's staff) -- Acquisition of retrospective material: a view from Blackwell's (Blackwell's staff) -- Acquisition of materials from developing countries: a view from Blackwell's (Blackwell's staff) -- Acquisition of current materials from Europe: a view from Harrassowitz (Richard W. Dorn and Jane Maddox) -- Acquisition of retrospective material: a view from Harrassowitz (Richard W. Dorn and Jane Maddox) -- Acquisition of materials from developing countries: a view from Harrassowitz (Richard W. Dorn and Jane Maddox) -- Acquisition of retrospective materials from bookdealers: a librarian's viewpoint (Edi Bjorklund) -- Foreign acquistions at Wichita State, a medium-sized, comprehensive university (Wendy Bousfield) -- The book auction market (Shirley B. Lebo) -- Acquisition of materials from Africa (David Henige -- Acquisition of current materials from Eastern Europe (Vaclav Laska) -- European collection development in American libraries: problems and prospects (Erwin K. Welsch) -- The acquisition of current and retrospective Latin American materials (Donald L. Gibbs) -- East Asian acquisitions in the 1980's: a bibliographer's practical view (Chester C. Wang) -- The acquisition of book materials from Africa, Asia and Latin America: the technical services viewpoint (Franklyn F. Bright) -- The organization and processing of incoming foreign materials (Franklyn F. Bright) -- Programs in support of international studies at the Center for Research Libraries (Susan Van Kamen) -- The importance of ephemera in library collections (John Fletcher) -- Microform developments related to acquisitions (Robert C. Sullivan).

ISBN:

0810815605
9780810815605

Subject:

Acquisition of foreign publications United States.
Acquisitions (Bibliothèques) Publications étrangères États-Unis.
Acquisition of foreign publications.
United States.
United States Libraries Stock Documents with foreign imprints Acquisition

Added entries:

Samore, Theodore, 1924-

Holdings:

Location: Library acquisitions office 78887
Call No.: PO4053 Z689 ACQ; ID:84-B700
Status: Available