Font exchange

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As the exchange of publications is to libraries and educational and research institutions of the free exchange of publications referred.

University institutes and libraries have the largest share in the exchange of documents (especially for their own series ), followed by publications and research reports from federal and state scientific offices and academy institutes . The exchange between individual scientists and artists as well as in official correspondence also has a certain significance .

Types of font exchange between libraries

If both libraries involved expect the possibility of a long-term and extensive exchange, a so-called flat-rate exchange is agreed. The libraries then swap continuously and without charge. Occasionally, the directory created for this purpose is used to check whether an approximate equilibrium has been reached. If a library wants a certain book, it does so in a single swap: one book for another book (regardless of book prices). With the so-called offsetting exchange, an account is kept for the value of the exchanged books and an exact balance is sought.

literature

  • Klaus Gantert, Rupert Hacker: Basic library knowledge , 8th edition, Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3598117718 , pp. 141-143

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Individual evidence

  1. Klaus Gantert, Rupert Hacker: Bibliothekarisches Grundwissen , 2008, pp. 141f.