Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials : Acquisition and Purchasing Options Hardback
by Linda S Katz
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:12/08/2002
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- ISBN:9780789016744
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:12/08/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780789016744