The Impact of Rising Costs of Serials and Monographs on Library Services and Programs

Download or read book The Impact of Rising Costs of Serials and Monographs on Library Services and Programs written by Sul H. Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1989 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarians and vendors address library issues relating to the cost of acquiring information. In light of the financial crisis affecting nearly every library in the United States today, this insightful volume will be useful for library managers, technical services librarians, acquisitions librarians, and others interested in costs of library materials as they relate to library programs. The authoritative contributors discuss the specific problems that can be attributed to rising costs and share with you their suggested strategies for coping with the continuing crises caused by runaway prices for scholarly material. Among the topics addressed are managing library budgets, trends in serials acquisitions, book vendors’perspectives on acquisitions costs, examining technical services operations, using information in electronic formats, and using library networks.