Serials Acquisition And Distribution In National Library (a Case Study Of Nigeria Bauchi State Branch)

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of the Study Withinlibrary Technology, serial publications have been considered traditionally as a separately distinguishable library resource because there are differences in their contents, format, bibliographical relationships, and the methods of acquisition and service. Definitions of the term “serial” vary from authority to authority and from library to library, as A. Osborn makes clear in his study.’ For this article the term is used to include all those publications which are issued with varying frequency, with a title common to successive issues,…