Collection development and management for 21st century library collections
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Vicki L. Gregory
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781555706517
Subjects: Collection management (Libraries); Collection development (Libraries)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The impact of new technologies on collection development and management; title: Assessing user needs and marketing the collection to those users; title: Collection development policies; title: Selection sources and processes; title: Acquisitions; title: Budgeting and fiscal management; title: Assessment and evaluation of the collection, including deselection (weeding); title: Cooperative collection development and resource sharing; title: Legal issues in collection development; title: Professional ethics and intellectual freedom; title: Preservation; title: The future of collection development and management.