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Collection development and management for 21st century library collections : an introduction / Vicki L. Gregory.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2011.Description: xvii, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9781555706517 (alk. paper)
  • 1555706517 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.2/1 22
LOC classification:
  • Z687 .G68 2011
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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