DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE ACQUISITION POLICIES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS 5
3. INTRODUCTION 7
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
5. OPENING SESSION
6. THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 12
7. PROBLEMS FOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN A NATIONAL SYSTEM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 24
8. PART ONE: ACQUISITIONS
9. DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE ACQUISITION POLICIES 40
10. PARAMETERS OF EXPENDITURE: THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO THE PURCHASE OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 51
11. PROBLEMS OF ACQUISITION OF OVERSEAS AND LOCAL MATERIALS 59
12. ACQUISITION OF FOREIGN PERIODICALS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE EXAMPLE OF BRAZILIAN LIBRARIES 75
13. COLLECTION BUILDING AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR MATERIAL IN SPECIAL CATEGORIES RELEVANT TO THIRD WORLD USE I: AGRICULTURE 82
14. COLLECTION BUILDING AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR MATERIAL IN SPECIAL CATEGORIES RELEVANT TO THIRD WORLD USE II: MEDICINE 92
15. PART TWO: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
16. NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE IN THE INDUSTRIALISED WORLD 110
17. CHOOSING THE MOMENT: A REVIEW OF THE ORGANISATIONAL PROBLEMS AND CHANGES ARISING OUT OF CONVERSION TO COMPUTERISED SYSTEMS 119
18. DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON RESEARCH 135
19. THE APPLICATIONS OF AUTOMATION TO THE LIBRARY PROCESSES OF THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO 142
20. USING AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL LITERATURE SEARCHES 151
21. PART THREE: TRAINING
22. FUTURE TRAINING NEEDS 168
23. CHAIRMAN’S CONCLUDING REMARKS 177
24. RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS 179
25. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 182
26. Backmatter 184