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Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials: Acquisition and Purchasing Options Linda S Katz 1st edition
Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials: Acquisition and Purchasing Options
Linda S Katz
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
136 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 25, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780789016836 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Pages | 136 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 226 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Overmier, Judith |
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