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Reviewed on January 1, 2004
Acquisitions has traditionally been given short shrift by most library schools. Books on the subject are rare and dated (Melcher on Acquisitions, 1971, by Daniel Melcher; Stephen Ford's The Acquisition of Library Materials, 1973). To remedy this situation, Wilkinson (associate dean, library services, Univ. of New Mexico) and Lewis (director of collection management and resource acquisitions, UNM) have written a thorough, accurate, up-to-date textbook covering all aspects of acquisitions: the organization of acquis...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



