About the Cooperative Acquisitions Program
In January 1990, the Library of Congress established a Cooperative Acquisitions
Program in the Rio de Janeiro Office to acquire Brazilian serials for
participating libraries. The acquisition of Brazilian serials and the
claiming of missing issues has always been difficult and challenging.
This Brazil-based service, drawing upon the more than thirty years of
acquisitions experience of the Rio de Janeiro Office, solves the problem
for many libraries. This program offers subscriptions and claiming services
for some 300 serial titles--scholarly journals, newspapers, and magazines--in
the areas of political science, social sciences, language, literature,
business administration, education, science, history, culture, and law.
In 1998, the office began offering to participants a selection of
music compact discs. Types of music covered include popular Brazilian
music, folk (Indian, sertanejo, etc.), and classical. For a set price
LC will ship to participants a selection of 10 (ten) to 45 (forty Five)
CDs once per year. LC Rio librarians will select only the very best
titles available based on a variety of reviewing sources, and items
will not be subject to return.
Journals Available for Selection
Journals offered in the program are carefully selected. Among the criteria used
are research value, availability, reliability, and timeliness. For a complete
listing of journals available refer to the subsection "Serials Available"
under the "Rio de Janeiro Lists" section.
Participant Billing
When an institution joins the program an annual
bill is sent with estimated prices for all titles
selected, postage, and administrative overhead costs.
When this bill is paid in full, subscriptions are
placed. Subscriptions are generally placed for each
calendar year from January through December.
Each weekly shipment to participants includes a
packing list of issues shipped. It is requested that
automated serials claiming systems be set at six to
eight weeks after the issue date to avoid unnecessary
claims.
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Comments: Rio de Janeiro Office
(02/27/03)
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