Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials

Released on by Linda S Katz
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  • Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials Book Detail

  • Author : Linda S Katz
  • Release Date : 2018-10-24
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Pages : 133
  • ISBN 13 : 1317956303
  • File Size : 48,48 MB
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Out-of-Print and Special Collection Materials by Linda S Katz PDF Summary

Book Description: 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

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