Operational Costs in Acquisitions

James R. Coffey

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781000758900
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Filología
• Subtopic: Biblioteconomía y ciencia de la información

This book, first published in 1991, examines the actual costs of operating an acquisitions department. Acquisitions and business librarians have written eight highly practical chapters that will allow you to see beyond the obvious materials budget to the hidden but often enormous internal expenditures involved in the daily operation of your acquisitions department. These experts discuss the costs involved in pre-order searching; managing exceptions to the work flow; implementing an integrated online system; automating serials acquisitions; supporting personnel: interviewing and hiring, training, performance, mistakes, absenteeism, staff development; performing public relations / extra services requested by faculty and patrons; organizing payment operations; and processing invoices. Each chapter, in addition to identifying the costs, illustrates what happens to make costs expand and proposes suggestions for controlling the costs.

Operational Costs in Acquisitions

CONTENTS

Introduction: Costing Acquisitions: Getting More for Less

James R. Coffey

The Cost of Pre-Order Searching

Karen A. Schmidt

Introduction

Pre-Order Searching: A Survey

Vendor Needs

Survey Conclusions

Cost Analyses

Pre-Order Searching Rationalized

Costs of Managing Exceptions to the Work Flow in Acquisitions Departments

Alicia M. Morris

Introduction

Cost Factors

Benefits

Suggestions

Cost Impact on Acquisitions in Implementing an Integrated Online System

Doug Phelps

Direct Costs

Labor Costs

Non-labor Costs

Conclusion

Costs of Automating Serials Acquisitions

Charles A. Le Guern

Vendor Selection

Implementation

Cost Analysis

Increased Ordering

Conclusion

Identifying Personnel Costs in Library Acquisitions

James R. Coffey

Introduction

Cost Overview

Interviewing and Hiring

Employee Attitudes

Training

Consultation

Performance Evaluation

Non-productive Time

Mistakes

Absenteeism

Staff Development

Measuring Service and Productivity

Conclusion

The Cost of Public Relations in Acquisitions

Katina Strauch
Bruce Strauch

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Conclusion

The Cost of Payment: Library Invoice Payment Operations

Marci...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction: Costing Acquisitions: Getting More for Less
• The Cost of Pre-Order Searching
• Costs of Managing Exceptions to the Work Flow in Acquisitions Departments
• Cost Impact on Acquisitions in Implementing an Integrated Online System
• Costs of Automating Serials Acquisitions
• Identifying Personnel Costs in Library Acquisitions
• The Cost of Public Relations in Acquisitions
• The Cost of Payment: Library Invoice Payment Operations
• The Cost of Processing Invoices
• Costing Acquisitions: An Annotated Bibliography