Collection development and management for 21st century library collections : an introduction
2011
Book + AV
Covering virtually every aspect of its subject, Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections is a soup-to-nuts guide perfect for students and beginning librarians, yet full of sage advice and new ideas for experienced practitioners.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781555706517
Description:
- xvii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- data file
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- The impact of new technologies on collection development and management
- Assessing user needs and marketing the collection to those users
- Collection development policies
- Selection sources and processes
- Acquisitions
- Budgeting and fiscal management
- Assessment and evaluation of the collection, including deselection (weeding)
- Cooperative collection development and resource sharing
- Legal issues in collection development
- Professional ethics and intellectual freedom
- Preservation
- The future of collection development and management.
LCCN: 2011009274
Control Number: 821270
Publisher: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, [2011]