Developing library and information center collections /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Englewood, Colo. :
Libraries Unlimited,
2000.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Series: | Library and information science text series.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=32803 |
Table of Contents:
- Information Age--Information Society
- Nature of Information
- Collection Development and the Community
- Collection Development and Institutional Environments
- Academic
- Public
- School
- Special
- Information Needs Assessment
- Elements of the Study
- Who Will Do the Study?
- What Will Be Studied?
- How and Where Is Data Collected?
- Key Informant
- Community Forum
- Social Indicators
- Field Surveys
- How Is Data to Be Interpreted?
- Community Participation
- Type of Library
- Public Libraries
- Academic Libraries
- Special Libraries/Information Centers
- Academic
- Public
- School
- Special
- Collection Development Policies
- What Are Collection Development Policies?
- Why Have a Collection Development Policy?
- Arguments Against Writing a Collection Development Policy
- Uses of a Collection Development Policy
- Elements of a Collection Development Policy
- Details of Subject Areas and Formats Collected
- Who Shall Select?
- How Shall They Select?
- Miscellaneous Issues
- Gifts
- Deselection and Discards
- Evaluation
- Complaints and Censorship
- Electronic Resources
- Getting the Policy Approved
- Selection Process in Practice
- What Happens in Selection
- Variations in Selection
- Academic Libraries
- Community or Junior Colleges
- College Libraries
- University Libraries
- Public Libraries
- School Library Media Centers
- Special Libraries and Information Centers
- Selection Aids
- Current Sources for In-Print Books
- Catalogs, Flyers, and Announcements.
