Tools

Verification:

Best Book Buys http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/
isbn.nu http://www.isbn.nu/

Text-books:

Directory of Textbook Publishers http://www.acqweb.org/pubr/text.html

Education/Research about acquisitions:

Creating Effective Interfaces Between Acquisitions and Financial Systems
Pat Smith and Joan Lamborn, Presented at ALA June 2002. http://manta.library.colostate.edu/lts/frontier/

EDI for Books and Serials Slides presented at the ALCTS Business of Acquisitions Preconference, ALA June 1997 http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/as/edi/index.html

Syllabus for a Course or Course Unit for Acquisitions
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/resources/collect/acq/acqsyllabus.cfm