University libraries and scholarly communication : a study prepared for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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Bibliographic Details
OCLC:27106133
Corporate Author: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Other Authors: Cummings, Anthony M.
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : Published by the Association of Research Libraries for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1992.
Subjects:
Academic libraries > Collection development > United States.
Scholarly publishing > United States.
Library Collection Development > United States.
Universities.
Research.
Publishing.
Format:

Monograph

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Table of Contents:
  • Historical trends: collections, expenditures, publications
  • Growth of library collections
  • Growth of library expenditures
  • Components of library expenditures
  • Book and serial production
  • Book and serial pricing
  • Information needs and new technologies
  • Information as a commodity
  • Bibliographic information in electronic form
  • Electronic publishing
  • Resource sharing: collection development and document delivery
  • Economic and legal issues
  • Networks and the national telecommunications infrastructure
  • Data categories and definitions
  • ARL data categories
  • HEGIS/IPEDS data categories and definitions
  • ARL statistics questionnaire, 1990-91.

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