Out-Of-Print and Special Collection Materials: Acquisitions and Purchasing Options - Couverture rigide

Katz, Linda S

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0789016745 ISBN 13 : 9780789016744

Editeur : Routledge, 2002

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

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À propos de l'auteur

Katz, Linda S

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0789016745
• ISBN 13: 9780789016744
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible