الرحيم الرحمن الله بسمLibrary work in mass media libraries

and information centers

In every library or information center some operations are made for information processing to provide a good information service

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INFORMATION RESOURCES COLLECTING

(Acquisition)Information

resources organizing

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assification, and indexing)

storage retrieval

Providing a service

(information resources)

Acquisition

Definition

The process of selecting , ordering, and receiving materials materials for library or archival collections

by purchase, exchange, or gift, which may include budgeting and negotiating with outside agencies, such as publishers, dealers, and vendors, to obtain

resources to meet the needs of the institution's users ,according to the library policy , in the most

economical manner

Acquisition Components

1- Building library collection(or holdings) :collecting a basic group of library holdings in different types ( books, theses, journals, audiovisuals, electronic resources ,etc)

2 -Developing library collections: promotion of library holdings according to the library policy & users interests.

3- Weeding library collections: taking away unused

holdings to make place for more usable materials.

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Acquisition Methods

Purchase Receiving gifts

Asking for gifts Exchange

Resource sharing

Information resources (definition)Any material that carries information

Information resources types

Primary

Manuscripts, books, journals, news papers , conference proceedings

Secondary

Reference books

Information resources types

Published Non - published

Information resources types

Printed Electronic

Sites for acquisition specialists

http://www.acqweb.org/acqnet.html

http://www.gale.com/index.htmwww.amazon .comwww.neelwafurat.comhttp://warqat.com/