A presentation of revised text material presented at the Joint Sections Program Meeting of the Resources and Technical Services Division, American Library Association at its Annual Conference in Detroit, July 2, 1970. (Author)

Microforms have made reprints, original publications and replacement copies available. Although not completely accepted by users, they have provided a low cost, quality product. (Author/NH)

Data from a two-year survey of the reprint industry based on personal interviews and questionnaire responses are summarized. Considerable attention is given to the lack of communication among reprinters and between reprinters and librarians about the problems of the industry. (Author/NH)

Reprinting is an industry which has emerged in response to the demands and needs of the academic world. Its rapid growth has occasioned changes in the methods of selecting titles, pricing, promotion, and disseminaiton of information. (Author)

Reprint publishers have been charged with deceptive marketing tactics, high prices and needless duplication of titles which would seem to reflect a questionable code of ethics. Some possible solutions to these, poor communications, problems are given. (Author)

Book purchase requests for 32 titles were sent simultaneously to four different wholesalers and the publishers of the titles. The efficiency of each supplier was evaluated in terms of the number of days required to supply books and the percentage of the actual charge against the list price. (Author/PF)

The current West German book trade is a rigidly structured system which had to be entirely reestablished after the war. The growth of libraries and the paperback boom have made the market competitive and fostered moves in the direction of mergers. (70 references) (Author/NH)

The Cataloging-in-Publication program faces a number of difficult problems. The difficulties that resulted in the failure of the 1958-59 Cataloging-in-Source program still exist, and the actual value of such a project to libraries has yet to be proved. (26 references) (Author/SJ)

On 1 July 1975 at the American Library Association Conference in San Francisco, a capacity crowd of nearly 1,300 heard from a panel of librarians, publishers, and wholesalers how the budget crunch is affecting the producers/distributors of books and the buyers of books alike. (Author)

Outlines a method for producing book output and cost statistics. (PF)

A plan developed by the Acquisitions Department at San Fernando Valley State College for acquiring o.p. books and for evaluating the dealers who supply them is discussed. (Author)

Reviews nine significant publications in serials librarianship published from 1981 through 1985. Topics covered include publishing and electronic publishing, cataloging, acquisitions, and serials automation. (Author/EM)

A financial survey of the American publishing scene (estimated net book sales, expenses for publishing and marketing professional books) is followed by descriptions of the editorial and marketing processes. Practices relating to contracts, imprints, distribution arrangements, and remainders are described noting changes in contemporary publishing…

Developments in the field of library resources for 1975 have made it increasingly clear that the larger problems are strongly interrelated and interdependent. (Author)