Serial publications; their place and treatment in libraries

Libraries and their approach to serial publications; definition of a serial; Historical and statistical background; Librarians as serial specialists; General organization of serial work; Selection and acquisition; Principles of serial selection; Acquisition procedures; Theopry and practice of serial...

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Main Author: Osborn, Andrew Delbridge 1902-
Format: Book
Published: Chicago American Library Association 1973
Edition:2d ed., rev
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Summary:Libraries and their approach to serial publications; definition of a serial; Historical and statistical background; Librarians as serial specialists; General organization of serial work; Selection and acquisition; Principles of serial selection; Acquisition procedures; Theopry and practice of serial checking; Manual methods of checking; Computer methods of checking; Cataloging and classification; Theory of descriptive cataloging; Six case studies of serials; Descriptive cataloging procedures; Subject cataloging; Housing and servicing serial publications; Reading rooms for serials; Circulation;Binding; Microreproductions; Reference aspects of serial publications; Reference work; Union lists; Abstracting and indexing; Publications of international governmental organizations; Rarities and archival material; Postscript; Future of library work with serial publications; Bibliography; Index.
Physical Description:xx, 434 p. illus. 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographies.
ISBN:0838901182