Library Acquisitions

Every year there are more than a hundred thousand new books published! No library could acquire or hold all of these books, so they have to make selections. How do librarians decide which books they'll add? Let's take a look at the process.

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Video #1 - Acquisitions at the Medicine Hat Library

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Video #2 - Interview with Mark Pond, Acquisitions Librarian (audio & e-books)

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Video #3 - How to get and read e-books from the library

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Overdrive provides e-books to many libraries - check it out at: http://www.overdrive.com/#2

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This material was gathered by Linda Aksomitis

Instructor for Introduction to Internet Writing Markets

and Credenda Virtual College