Collection Management for the 21st Century
Subtitle: A Handbook for Librarians (The Greenwood Library Management Collection)
Contributors: G. E. Gorman (Editor); Ruth H. Miller (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: January 30, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780313299537
Subjects: Acquisitions & collection development; Storage, maintenance & preservation of collections; Collection Development And Management; Language Arts & Disciplines; Education / Teaching; Language; Reference; Library & Information Science; Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science; Collection management (Librari; Collection management (Libraries)
Description: Collection management is becoming increasingly complex due to electronic access to information, the growth of the Internet, greater reliance on document delivery and resource sharing, and changes in scholarly communication. This professional reference shows how changes in all aspects of collection management will affect future activities in this area and examines the likely value of these changes in the next century.

Chapters are written by leading practitioners and academics from around the world, and the volume concludes with a bibliographical essay.