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ERIC Number: EJ459943
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0193-0826
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In Support of Collection Assessment: The Role of Automation in the Acquisitions and Serials Departments.
Hawks, Carol Pitts
Journal of Library Administration, v17 n2 p13-30 1992
Describes the role of automation in library acquisitions and serials departments in support of collection development. Highlights include workstations and expert systems; links to external databases; vendor services, including serials services and online review and selection of approval books; and automated access to collection development policies and price indices. (22 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Databases, Expert Systems, Library Acquisition, Library Automation, Library Collection Development, Library Policy, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Serials
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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