Developing Library and Information Center Collections

Price: $45.00
ISBN13: 9781591582199
ISBN10: 1591582199
Book code: LU2199
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback | 472 pages
Publication Date: 09/30/2005
Series: Library and Information Science Text Series

DESCRIPTION

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, censorhip and intellectual freedom. Each chapter has been extensively revised to reflect changing practices, policies, and technologies. To this end, some chapters?electronic materials, government information, audiovisual materials, and resource sharing?have been almost completely rewritten. In addition, electronic serials, introduced in the 4th edition, has been combined with its print counterpart into a single chapter. New to this edition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion Web site () is maintained to ensure URLs referenced throughout the text are kept up-to-date. As the authors put it in their introductory chapter, whatever environment one works in, collection development is an exciting challenge that requires lifelong learning. Students and practicioners alike will benefit greatly from this state-of-the-art text.

This latest edition continues to cover all phases of collection development. 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.

REVIEWS

"[A] wonderful resource that every student should keep in their professional library and refer to as issues pop up during their career....[I] recommend it as a tool for library administration and librarians at all levels....Highly recommended as a text and as a reference for practicing librarians."?Technical Services Quarterly

"Evans and Saponaro's work has been the standard text and authority on collection development for all types of libraries. It still is....So if you are a current student or want to get serious about updating what you learned long ago in library school, then this is certainly the core center of professional reading....Evans and Saponaro is recommended as a central work."?Teacher Librarian

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Information Age - Information Society

Chapter 2: Information Needs Assessment

Chapter 3: Collection Development Policies

Chapter 4: Selection Process in Practice

Chapter 5: Producers of Information Materials

Chapter 6: Serials - Print and Electronic

Chapter 7: Other Electronic Materials

Chapter 8: Government Information

Chapter 9: Audiovisual Materials

Chapter 10: Acquisitions

Chapter 11: Distributors and Vendors

Chapter 12: Fiscal Management

Chapter 13: Delselection

Chapter 14: Evaluation

Chapter 15: Resources Sharing

Chapter 16: Protecting the Collection

Chapter 17: Legal Issues

Chapter 18: Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, and Collection Development