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1 Ogburn, Joyce L.Acquiring minds want to know: [readers' survey]In preparation for a discussion at the Charleston Conference, I am asking librarians, vendors, publishers, and system vendors who read Against the Grain to answer a survey about how services and products that support information delivery and dissemination are developed and change over time. For exa...Reader surveys; Libraries; Acquisitions; Vendors1993
2 Ogburn, Joyce L.Acquiring minds want to know: smart systems, smart booksThis article will outline a specific suggestion both to aid some basic acquisitions functions and their management. It will focus primarily on use of vendors, vendor performance and business terms. I have several suggestions for improvement, which were touched on briefly in the first article, based...Libraries; Acquisitions; Vendors1994
3 Ogburn, Joyce L.Acquiring minds want to know: what are our obligations?Acquiring Minds Want to Know column: "Are there rules that govern the practices of librarians, vendors and publishers? Clearly there are ethical considerations that guide our behavior as individuals. Acquisitions librarians are in the midst of making formal their code of ethics. But what other, perh...Acquisitions; Vendors; Publishers1993-11
4 Ogburn, Joyce L.Business of acquisitions 1991The third ALCTS Business of Acquisitions Institute was held in Boston at Emmanuel College on June 6-7,1991. These institutes are meant to convey some basic understanding of the complex function of acquiring materials for libraries to beginning acquisitions librarians or professionals with other bac...Acquisitions; Vendors; Libraries1991
5 Landesman, Margaret M.Saving yourself into the poor houseSense and Sensibility column: "Saving yourself into the poor house...Perhaps it might be a good thing, especially when thinking about life four or five years down the road, to look more closely at these tempting small "incremental expenditures" for "Big Deals." "Saving yourself into the poorhouse" i...Acquisitions; Vendors; Publishers; Publisher packages2002-12
6 Landesman, Margaret M.Sense and sensibilitySense and Sensibility column: "Some publishers produce superior products at low prices. Some produce mediocre products at low prices. And some produce superior products at high prices. And so forth. It has always been this way as far as I know. So why is it that librarians of late seem to leap from ...Acquisitions; Vendors; Publishers; Publisher packages2001-04
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