Sources of training and professional development for academic acquisitions librarians
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description: Acquisitions, the process by which libraries order, claim, and receive material, was once an essential part of the library school curriculum. Since the 1930s, training in this area has diminished significantly and over the past several years there appears to be a preponderance of opinion among acquisitions librarians that more formalized library school training is needed. A survey of acquisitions librarians employed in ARL-member libraries was used to determine where contemporary training for acquisitions does occur and where it should occur. In addition, the survey identified those acquisitions librarians most recognized in their field and compared and contrasted their formal and informal acquisitions training with ARL acquisitions librarians.
abstract: Acquisitions, the process by which libraries order, claim, and receive material, was once an essential part of the library school curriculum. Since the 1930s, training in this area has diminished significantly and over the past several years there appears to be a preponderance of opinion among acquisitions librarians that more formalized library school training is needed. A survey of acquisitions librarians employed in ARL-member libraries was used to determine where contemporary training for acquisitions does occur and where it should occur. In addition, the survey identified those acquisitions librarians most recognized in their field and compared and contrasted their formal and informal acquisitions training with ARL acquisitions librarians.
author: Schmidt, Karen Arline
language: eng
keywords: Library Science
date published: 2011-05-07T11:57:02Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:12Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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