Collection Building: Volume 17 Issue 3

Free for all: an analysis of free and inexpensive information

Ellen Neuhaus, Chris Neuhaus

The Vertical File Index, Consumer Information Catalog, and Information America are rich sources of free and inexpensive information. An analysis of the average price per item and…

Managing foreign book procurement: a case study of Pakistan

Syed Jalaluddin Haider

Discusses the two basic channels of book procurement ‐ the domestic market and imports (either directly or through local bookdealers). The former is the most popular method at…

Electronic and traditional sources for a newly established branch library: product availability and user preferences

Elka Tenner, Suzanne D. Gyeszly, Julia M. Rholes

For libraries, the trend toward electronic publishing of journals holds out the promise of greater availability of these materials without regard to physical location either of…

Collection patterns of selected disciplines of Latin American print and non‐print materials

Ketty Rodriguez

Literature loss refers to the declining ability of US libraries to maintain a comprehensive book collection in the face of extraordinary growth in publications and price…

Pioneering New Serials Frontiers: : From Petroglyphs to Cyberserials. Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group 11th Annual Conference, June 20‐23, 1996, University of New Mexico

Andrew Treloar

Charging for Document Delivery and Interlending: : Papers from the IFLA Workshop on Charging Held during the 62nd IFLA General Conference, 29 August 1996, Beijing

Philip Calvert