Changing Acquisitions at Detroit Public Library

Authors

  • J. Randolph Call

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.41n2.155

Abstract

Detroit Public Library is midstream in changing Acquisitions work and workflow. Acquisitions functions and staff have been redistributed to combine ordering and cataloging into a unit renamed the Bibliographic Division; receiving functions have been merged with the Technical Processing Department; and payment functions have been merged with the Business Office. These dramatic changes are producing positive results. This process would have been smoother if more testing had been conducted.

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Published

2011-04-15

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (1997): April

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