ABSTRACT
Here is an in-depth book on the process of evaluating your acquisitions and collection management programs. No project, no matter how ingenious or innovative, will be granted support by a funding agency without a solid evaluation plan. Evaluating Acquisitions and Collection Management discusses the reasons evaluation is held in such high regard by administrators. The authors describe a variety of evaluation activities that cover both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The first section of the book covers current trends and the impact on collection development and acquisitions, and how the evaluation of collections can reveal patterns of program support that can then be compared between peer institutions. Other topics include the process of assigning relative value to acquisitions activities, performance appraisal, and methods for improving procedures of acquiring materials. Acquisitions librarians and administrators will find this book extremely helpful in streamlining their acquisitions and collection management programs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |41 pages
The Context
chapter |11 pages
Complement or Contradiction
chapter |6 pages
Threats and Opportunities
part |15 pages
Evaluating Collections
chapter |15 pages
Translating the Conspectus
part |54 pages
Evaluating the Acquisitions Function
chapter |9 pages
The Acquisitions/Collection Development Departments as Service Units in Academic Libraries
part |16 pages
Evaluating the Collectors and Acquirers
chapter |8 pages
On Performance Consultation with Bibliographers
part |32 pages
Evaluating Specific Acquisitions Processes