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acquisition sourcesas mentioned earlier supply is another basic factor supply means availability of periodicals serials for acquisition
user registrationan obvious first step in any circulation system is to register the users or borrowers this is a time consuming and somewhat
card services eminent librarians like charles jewett albert blor henry stevens f max mueller wclane melvil dewey and several others advocated
ascertaining demandthe methodology to be followed in ascertaining users needs have been discussed in detail in unit 5 under sec 52 users
automated circulation systemautomated circulation system for several decades now ingenious librarians and library equipment manufacturers in western
periodicals selectionin section 82 you have seen that acquisition work includes three distinct phases of activities periodicals selection is the
forms of centralisation in centralised cataloguing we observe that there are several forms of centralisation like card or sheaf
semi-mechanical systemsthe next stage saw the replacement of human labour by machines when mechanical charging systems were developed essentially
card systemswith the increase in the number of readers using libraries it became necessary to devise some method of identifying both the book and the
definitiona periodical is defined as a publication issued in successive parts usually at regular intervals and as a rule intended to be continued
register systems the earliest method of charging books for home use was a relatively simple one of writing the author title and borrowers name in a
a circulation system helps a library user in the use of books and other library material that have been sent by the technical processing division of
periodicals departmentsince periodical publications are now a major information disseminating media the work of the periodical publications
drawbacks pooling up the necessary funds to opt for centralized cataloguing may be difficult for some libraries because of local variations
budget allocation registerthis is the basic financial guide for acquisition work and this must be consulted at the different stages of document
drawbacks there are certain drawbacks and disadvantages also in centralization of processing 1 some libraries may not be able to afford the
records and registers - library managementthe acquisition department has to use appropriate records registers files forms and other stationery at
advantages of central processingcentralized processing has many advantages for example 1 duplication of work is avoided the type of work
centralised processingby processing we mean technical operations that are necessary to prepare library materials for access and use so centralized
acquisition of nbmonce it is decided that nbm will form a part of the collection of the library efforts should be made by the librarian to make a
non-book materialsthe term non-book materials nbm includes four categories of information sources drawn from the second edition of the
passing of billsthe various jobs involved in the bill passing work are bull checkingbull certifying bull passing bull
definition of volume economy in the cost of binding reduction in the number of undersized volumes difficult to handle the need for
scope of circulation work circulation work includesbull registration of membersbull lending ie charging and dischargingbull renewals ie persons who