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Syracuse University

1981

Collection development

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Books Recently Acquired With The Support Of The Library Associates, Syracuse University Oct 1981

Books Recently Acquired With The Support Of The Library Associates, Syracuse University

The Courier

This article details the purchases of books that Syracuse University acquired for its library in 1981. Some notable additions were a 32-volume set on architect Le Corbusier, the poet Marguerite Yourcenar, and lithographs.


The Book Budget And Inflation, Metod M. Milac Oct 1981

The Book Budget And Inflation, Metod M. Milac

The Courier

This article points to the rising cost of books that occurred in the early 1980s and its affects on library budgets. The costs made it so that book acquisitions, essential for collection development, plummeted. This necessitated other sources of funding, such as the creation of "friends of the library" groups, such as the Library Associates of Syracuse University.