Contents: Preface. 1. Fundamentals of library acquisition and selection. 2. Foundations of collection development. 3. Special, types of materials: selection and acquisition. 4. Acquisition under contract. 5.  Interlibrary loan. 6. Library Acquisition Policy: a model draft. 7. Automating network management and compliance. 8. The management of library and information services in the institutions. 9. National Library of Canada collections management policy: official publications of Foreign Governments (2002). 10. Collection management policy of the National Library of Canada. 11. Collection development at the University Library. 12. Ergonomic circulation desk: a case study. 13. Resource sharing in transition. 14. Division for libraries, technology and community learning. 15. Library copying for patrons and for its own collection. 16. Library reproduction: patron requests. 17. Library reproduction: unsupervised copying, news programs and contractual limitations on acquisitions. 18. Cooperative Collection Management Program: a case. Bibliography. Index.

"Acquisition in libraries is one of technical services, aims to develop and update the libraries collection of books and periodicals. There are four stages in acquisition of books: (1) selection, (2) ordering, (3) accessioning and (4) payments. Each stage has several operations and recoding procedure. Acquisition and disposals policy: are those involved in teaching and research being involved at an early stage in both general and subject specific aspects of Library Acquisition Policies." (jacket)