Guide to Preservation in Acquisition Processing

This guide is designed to help the acquisition librarian to coordinate a programme which will review materials as they pass through the acquisition process.

It provides basic preservation terminology and discusses the role the acquisition librarian plays in the preservation of library collections.

The book also encourages acquisition librarians to integrate preservation activities into the acquisition process, and discusses the coordination of acquisition, collection development and preservation functions.

It offers scenarios for handling items in poor condition in the acquisition process and concludes with a full reading list.