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ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN

Specialty Definition: ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN

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Occupations

Selects and orders books, periodicals, films, and other materials for library: Reviews publishers' announcements and catalogs, and compiles list of publications to be purchased. Compares selections with card catalog and orders-in-process to avoid duplication. Circulates selection lists to branches and departments for comments. Selects vendors on basis of such factors as discount allowance and delivery dates. Compiles statistics on purchases, such as total purchases, average price, and fund allocations. May recommend acquisition of materials from individuals or organizations or by exchange with other libraries. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 43 51 55 49 53 49 54 49 4F 4E 53      4C 49 42 52 41 52 49 41 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000011 01010001 01010101 01001001 01010011 01001001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 01010011 00100000 01001100 01001001 01000010 01010010 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#67 &#81 &#85 &#73 &#83 &#73 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78 &#83 &#32 &#76 &#73 &#66 &#82 &#65 &#82 &#73 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0043 0051 0055 0049 0053 0049 0054 0049 004F 004E 0053      004C 0049 0042 0052 0041 0052 0049 0041 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3537515543534354434948532464336523552433548

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INDEX

1. Orthography
2. Bibliography


  

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