Self-Evaluation 4

1.  Librarians involved in materials selection must keep track of their budget because:

   a.  They don't want to overspend their budget.

   b.  They don't want to underspend their budget.

   c.  They want to have a relatively constant acquisition flow throughout the year.

   d.  All of the above.

2.  A standing order is:

   a.  An order with a publisher to receive a new edition of an item that is published annually or less frequently whenever it is published.

   b.  An order for everything that a publisher produces.

   c.  An order which allows the publisher to send a certain number of items according to a profile set up by the library.

   d.  An order that has not yet been filled.

3.    The most accurate way in which to determine how much money should be spent each month for materials is:

   a.  Divide the total budget amount by 12.

   b.  Perform a cash flow analysis to determine percentages of budget spent for each month in previous years and apply the percentages for each month to this years budget.

   c.  Spend by intuition.

   d.  Subtract the cash flow from the total and divide by 12.

4.  To avoid the addition of unnecessary duplicates to the collection, materials selected for addition should be:

   a.  Checked against the current catalog.

   b.  Checked against the on-order file.

   c.  Checked by all supervisory personnel.

   d.  All of the above.

   e.  A and B above.

5.  True or false?  Good automated acquisition systems allow both the catalog and the on-order file to be searched at the same time.

   True        False