Procurement Of Documents In Special Libraries: A Study

Abstract

Special libraries are intended to serve the need of a portion of the community with special interest and requiring detailed information respecting a limited subject field. So, it is needed to accomplish a great responsibility for suitable document procurement policy in special libraries. There are some methods followed for an acquisition system. This article will discuss how documents are acquired in special libraries, the budget procedures followed, economic resources for purchasing library materials, library staff conditions etc. This study has taken references of collection development system of some special libraries of Kolkata to discuss the difference of collection development system of different libraries.