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conflicting factorsdemand supply and finance are the three major factors governing collection development both demand and supply will be
local book suppliers every library has to depend on local booksellers for most of the supplies unlike the major outside book markets referred
trade discountstrade discounts area common feature in book purchases the discounts may vary according to categories of publications normally a 10
filing classified entries by classified entries we mean entries which hear notation that is class number and call number entries a subject
history of filing systems the history of filing systems can be traced back to the history of libraries because basically man prefers order and
institutional membershipinstitutional membership is another potential resource in collecting documents the library may enlist itself as member of
dealer library plan dlpunder this plan as agreement is reached between the library and the publishers or a group of publishers whereby the
direct ordering with publishersdue to the inefficiency of local booksellers many a library has resorted to the practice of directly ordering
tender systemin the tender system each list of books selected is sent to a number of booksellers who are requested to quote their lowest price for
nature of entries to be filed we have noted that catalogue entries are either word entries or notational entries in a dictionary catalogue they
need for filing of catalogue entries the word catalogue has been derived from a greek phrase katy logos kate means by or according to and logos
filing a place for everything and everything in its place is an old saying we are aware of the implications of this saying in our daily life if
acquisition through exchangeacquisition through exchange is another mechanism by which collection development can take place of course it goes
acquisition through giftsdonationsgifts and donations constitute an important source acquisition of reading materials in a library many a library
consultingconsulting work can be done at prescribed intervals or as and when needed for placing an urgent order for this purpose subject
procedurethe actual process of document selection may be initiated in different ways the acquisition staff take note of the desirable items
arranging personnelplanning for document selection should also cover the personnel or human factor the people involved in the
allocating fundsfinance is the most important factor in document selection proper planning of finance is basic to good acquisition work
finding resourcesas said earlier supply is another basic factor supply means availability of documents for acquisition information regarding supply
ascertaining demandsince demand is a basic factor in selection you have to develop a system for ascertaining the demand- demand includes both
document selectionyou have seen that acquisition work includes three distinct phases of activities document selection is the first phase there are
acquisition departmentlibraries are organised into units departments sections based on the functions that they are expected to perform
computer-based materialscomputer-based materials are a recent development but have become very important to modern libraries of all types