Sentences with phrase «purchases by librarians»

That suggests purchases by librarians, bookstore owners, or other book vendors.

Not exact matches

Worked with other secondary librarians to provide information to district curriculum leaders regarding the purchase of databases district wide to support student research (EBSCO databases have been purchased by our school district and will provide all secondary students with access to quality information for research and study beginning this July)

This was posted by a librarian yesterday on the SW blog, and I think, goes to the point about some sort of quality control being needed by librarians: «I do the e-book purchasing for my library and I'm currently spending about $ 500 a month on Smashwords titles... HOWEVER:... «1.

If a library's mission and goals are not fully articulated, the librarian has no standards by which to evaluate a potential purchase.

«Meeting the Metadata Needs of Librarians» by Patricia Payton, Senior Director Publisher Relations & Content Development, Bowker Libraries not only purchase your product.

Generally perceived as more affordable, requiring less labor, involving less restrictive DRM policies, and giving libraries the most value, eCollections are said to alleviate some of the frustrations librarians encounter with title - by - title purchasing.

The obvious benefits of «title - by - title» (or «pick - and - choose») buying have been well documented in LIS literature: not only does it provide libraries with the flexibility to supplement their existing catalogs with targeted selections, it requires less initial investment of time and money; it is often seen as the easiest way to select and purchase only what libraries need; and it is also the most intuitive to the library profession, because it places the art of curation front and center — something many librarians still see as an integral part of their professional identity.

Full versions of this report are available for purchase, focused on public, academic, or school libraries and complete with detailed data broken down by size of library and budget, comparison of 2011 and 2010 data, and hundreds of comments from librarians about their experiences with ebooks:

Most librarians said that they do not have direct contact with publishers themselves, but were very frustrated by the current terms under which they could purchase and lend e-books — especially regarding the confusion that the patrons felt:

Kray points out the added benefit of curation services by OverDrive's staff librarians, designed to make purchasing easier by creating lists of suggested titles.

This balance could be radically altered by the development of standard models (you guessed it: librarians most want maximum / simultaneous access or unlimited circs if one reader / one book) and by the rise of purchase on demand (better known in library circles as patron - driven acquisition).

At the trial, several former Knoedler employees — including Melissa De Medeiros, who was Freedman's assistant, and Edye Weissler, the gallery's librarian — said they had done provenance research into the Rosales works to find documentation that proved the paintings were purchased decades ago by a Swiss collector with the help of either Ossorio or Herbert.

The site helps identify the latest books and products being offered, and is typically followed by law librarians who are tasked with making these purchases.

And as we stood there in the exhibit hall, the first librarian to come by and actually purchase a subscription on the spot was Genie Tyburski, a law librarian at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia.

• Libraries act as almost limitless inventory collections • Librarians act as search filters • Collection management by librarians is a constant work in progress • Statistics (usage) is a critical factor • Institutions must be able to measure the ROI on content purchases and continue to make the right choices for their coLibrarians act as search filters • Collection management by librarians is a constant work in progress • Statistics (usage) is a critical factor • Institutions must be able to measure the ROI on content purchases and continue to make the right choices for their colibrarians is a constant work in progress • Statistics (usage) is a critical factor • Institutions must be able to measure the ROI on content purchases and continue to make the right choices for their constituents

Some librarians tried to manage their costs by not subscribing to the regular updates for a loose - leaf service, but by purchasing at regular intervals a set of replacement contents at the original book price.

I've had less reason to find US books, but the «Legal Treatises» chapter of the annual Legal Information Buyer's Guide and Reference Manual by Kendall Svengalis has been useful — although aimed at US librarians who are purchasing titles, its annotated list of titles for 61 topics provides a good starting point.

1988 - 89 Assistant Law Book Company Australia Bookshop 1990 - 91 PR Dept Chatto & Windus London 1991 - 96 Manager Point of Law Bookshop Sydney 1996 - 99 International Sales Manager Legalease Publications London 1999 - 2000 Founder & principal of Excata.com Australia's 1st Independent legal news, Information and Publications Sales Portal 2000 Excata Purchased by Lexis Nexis Australia — Sean Hocking joins LN as Alliance Manager for new LN Australia news & product web interface 2001 Resigns Lexis Nexis 2002 Founds Practice Source.com with partner John Taylor, Launches LLN (Law Librarians News) a fortnightly pdf magazine for Law Librarians worldwide and starts publishing House of Butter 2006 Still here!