Library Acquisitions Quiz

How to justify acquisition of reading materials

Plan before you commit to avoid duplication and redundancy
Don’t worry, just simply click and order
Just buy any material as you like it

Which vendors does the library prefer?

A friend of librarian
A trick master, who knows how to be a millionaire
Any one who offers economy and efficiency

Who does the final decision about selections

Library user
Librarian or faculty
A student

What formats does the library acquire

Who cares: buy anything under the sun to fill the shelves
Only that which meets the majority user needs
Whatever is available by impulse (in bookstore's display)

When does a library acquire reading materials

At the end of the financial year

Whenever the librarian has no other work

When there is a demand from the user or users