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Developing library and information center collections / G. Edward Evans and Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Library and information science text seriesPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, c2005.Edition: 5th edDescription: xx, 446 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 computer disk (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 1591582199 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781591582199 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1591582180 (alk. paper)
  • 9781591582182 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z687  .E918 2005
Contents:
Information age--information society -- Information needs assessment -- Collection development policies -- Selection process in practice -- Producers of information materials -- Serials--print and electronic -- Other electronic materials -- Government information -- Audiovisual materials -- Acquisitions -- Distributors and vendors -- Fiscal management -- Deselection -- Evaluation -- Resource sharing -- Protecting the collection -- Legal issues -- Censorship, intellectual freedom, and collection development.
Summary: This latest edition continues to cover all phases of collection development--from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice) to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Each chapter has been extensively revised to reflect changing practices, policies, and technologies and, in some cases, completely rewritten. A new addition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion Web site () will also be maintained to ensure URLs referenced throughout the text are kept up to date.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Information age--information society -- Information needs assessment -- Collection development policies -- Selection process in practice -- Producers of information materials -- Serials--print and electronic -- Other electronic materials -- Government information -- Audiovisual materials -- Acquisitions -- Distributors and vendors -- Fiscal management -- Deselection -- Evaluation -- Resource sharing -- Protecting the collection -- Legal issues -- Censorship, intellectual freedom, and collection development.

This latest edition continues to cover all phases of collection development--from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice) to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Each chapter has been extensively revised to reflect changing practices, policies, and technologies and, in some cases, completely rewritten. A new addition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion Web site () will also be maintained to ensure URLs referenced throughout the text are kept up to date.

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