Main entry:

Basch, N. Bernard.

Title & Author:

Buying serials : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / N. Bernard Basch, Judy McQueen.

Publication:

New York : Neal-Schuman, 1990.

Description:

x, 188 pages ; 28 cm.

Series:

How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 10

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and index.
Serials and libraries -- What is a serial? -- Serial expenditures -- Methods of acquiring serials -- Publication characteristics -- Serials: the next decade -- Subscription agencies -- Why use an agency? -- Basic agency services -- Internal agency automation -- Automated services for libraries -- Specialized services -- Relations with publishers -- Categorizing subscription agencies -- The Subscription agency business -- The Marketplace -- Margins -- Agency costs -- Revenue sources -- Service charges -- Miscellaneous income -- Agency efficiency -- The Future of subscription agencies -- Choosing an agency -- Direct ordering from publishers -- Single or multiple agencies? -- Library needs and priorities -- Challenging assumptions -- Communicating requirements -- Vendor selection and negotiation -- Using an agency -- Communication -- Monitoring vendor performance -- Changing agencies -- Chemistry, style, or persona -- Common annoyances -- Keeping up to date -- References -- Recommended reading -- Appendix: -- Overview of the automated products and services agencies provide for serials management in libraries -- How to use this appendix -- EBSCO subscription services -- The Faxon company.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

1555700586 (paperback)
9781555700584 (paperback)

Subject:

Acquisition of serial publications Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Serials subscription agencies Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Newspaper and periodical libraries Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Libraries and booksellers Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Periodicals.
Libraries.
Bookselling
Periodicals as Topic
Messageries de presse Guides, manuels, etc.
Bibliothèques de journaux et de périodiques Guides, manuels, etc.
Bibliothèques et libraires Guides, manuels, etc.
Acquisitions (Bibliothèques) Publications en série Guides, manuels, etc.
Librairie Colportage, souscription, etc. Guides, manuels, etc.
Agences d'abonnement Guides, manuels, etc.
Librairie.
Périodiques.
Bibliothèques.
bookselling.
periodicals.
libraries (buildings)
Acquisition of serial publications
Libraries and booksellers
Newspaper and periodical libraries
Serials subscription agencies
Erwerbung
Zeitschrift
Fortlaufendes Sammelwerk
Bibliothek
Aanschaf.
Seriële publicaties.
Périodiques Commercialisation.
Messageries de presse.
Périodiques Édition.
Journaux Édition.
Publications en série Acquisitions.
Libraries Stock Serials
United States

Form/genre:

Handbook
handbooks.
manuals (instructional materials)
Handbooks and manuals
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

McQueen, Judy.
How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 10.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 77306
Call No.: ID:92-B965
Status: Available