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Reinventing acquisition process of print books in university libraries

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Title Reinventing acquisition process of print books in university libraries
 
Creator Kumar, Naresh
 
Subject Print books
University library
Acquisitions
Collection development
 
Description 203-207
The paper aims to find the best practices of print book procurement in select central university libraries in northern India,
including getting maximum discounts and supply of ordered books, and empanelling vendors. Through online
questionnaires, selected libraries' book procurement procedures have been surveyed. Further, acquisition staff were
consulted, and websites were accessed to learn book procurement procedures at central universities. Data collected from
select seven university libraries were recorded in Microsoft Excel worksheets, aggregated, and summarized to create
consolidated datasets for analysis. It is found that five universities buy books from empanelled vendors by setting minimum
and maximum discount rates on print books. Vendors are increasingly being asked for discount quotes through expressions
of interest. University libraries don't seem to buy books through tendering process or through government e-market place
(GeM).
 
Date 2022-09-28T05:29:25Z
2022-09-28T05:29:25Z
2022-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-2404 (Online); 0972-5423 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60547
https://doi.org/10.56042/alis.v69i3.61388
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source ALIS Vol.69(3) [September 2022]