Explain selection and acquisition of non-book materials

Collection development, selection, and acquisition of. Acquisition on the other hand is a process of obtaining books and other items for the library, documentation centre, or archives harrods, 2000. In the harrods librarian glossary, non book materials is define as those library materials which do not come within the definition of book and. The process of selecting, ordering, and receiving materials for library or archival. They further explain that selection of library materials is important because literature explosion publication of many library materials as no library can purchase all the materials needed.

Book selection is used as a generic term covering the selection of both book and nonbook materials for library. Nonbook library materials and their selection policy library. Academic librarians face numerous challenges while developing eresource collection. The department may select vendors, negotiate consortium pricing, arrange for standing orders, and select individual titles or resources libraries, both physical and digital, usually have four common broad goals that help dictate these responsibilities. Selection and acquisition of materials in keeping with the view of the library as a community institution dedicated to the service of all. Problems of selection and acquisition of legal materials. Acquisition and organization of nonbook resources in. The objectives of the library are to acquire and organize book and nonbook materials and to give guidance in their use. For the sake of this paper, nonbook materials or nbm will be defined as all non print items available for circulation to the public, whether in. These are followed by a discussion of selection and acqui sition of agricultural materials, with numerous sources mentioned. When considering such materials for circulation, librarians must become familiar with a variety of issues as well as be prepared to explain them to. Definition collaborative selection, acquisition of. Though the selection, acquisition, dissemination and preservation of eresources are similar to that of print materials, they differ in various aspects.

A book having little or no literary merit or substance, often published to exploit a. When considering such materials for circulation, librarians must become familiar with a variety of issues as well as be prepared to explain them to an increasing number of curious patrons. Libraries play a vital role to provide information to the users. The selection process not a blind, random choosing every school system should have a comprehensive policy on the selection of instructional materials. Upon acquisition of the material they under go processes before shelving or circulating the book. For the sake of this paper, nonbook materials or nbm will be defined as all nonprint items available for circulation to the public, whether in. Nonbook materials consist of periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, maps, photographs, pictures, posters, slides, film strips, motion pictures, video tapes, cassettes. This article is intended as a useful reference for librarians involved in collection development, selection and acquisition of the literature of agriculture. Gelfand quotes wilson and swank who describe the acquisition as the continuous systematicanalysis of weak spots in the book collection through the checking of bibliographies against the librarys holdings, the submission to the faculty lists of materials not owned, the rating by the faculty and library staff of these titles, and finally. Acquisition is carried out through purchase, gift, exchange and legal deposit. Nonbook library materials and their selection policy.

Nonbook definition of nonbook by the free dictionary. To the acquisition work as a means by which book and nonbook materials are added to the library. Libraries acquire material to meet the informational or recreational. In the world of collection development, the acquisition of nonbook materials is only bringing more complexities to the process. Library acquisitions is the department of a library responsible for the selection and purchase of materials or resources.