Approval Plans
HARRASSOWITZ offers the following approval plans to support monographic acquisitions for libraries:
- Book Approval Plan, covering books published in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, in all languages
- Continental European English Language Plan, including English-language publications from all Continental European countries
- Contemporary German Belles Lettres Program, for criticism and literary works by contemporary German authors
- Music Scores Approval Plan, for music scores published in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and Oceania
For your convenience, HARRASSOWITZ provides a checklist of parameters for defining your profile, including:
- Detailed subject specification
- Non-subject categories, such as language, publisher, format and geographic area
- Depth of selection criteria
- Instructions for handling sets and series
- Price limits per title
- Author and composer lists, for the Contemporary German Belles Lettres Program and the Music Score Approval Plan
HARRASSOWITZ also provides:
- Duplication control against firm and standing orders
- Return Policy for books and music scores
- Collection management reports and cost analyses
- Bibliographic records in MARC 21
format - Electronic invoicing in standard formats
- Customized notifications of new title announcements by way of e-mail
- OttoEditions, HARRASSOWITZ‘s online management system for monographs and music scores, designed to facilitate library collection development and technical services workflows
For more information, please Request a Service Document .