The collection program in schools
Subtitle: concepts, practices, and information sources.
Contributors: Van Orden, Phyllis.
Edition: 4th ed. / Kay Bishop.
Series: Library and information science text series
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591583608
Subjects: School libraries -- Collection development -- United States; Instructional materials centers -- Collection development -- United States
Notes: Rev. ed. of: The collection program in schools / Phyllis J. Van Orden and Kay Bishop ; with the assistance of Patricia Pawelak-Kort. 3rd. ed. 2001

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The collection; title: Collection development; title: Community analysis and needs assessment; title: The media center program; title: Policies and procedures; title: Selection; title: General selection criteria; title: Criteria by format; title: Acquisitions and processing; title: Maintenance and preservation; title: Circulation and promotion of the collection; title: Evaluation of the collection; title: Ethical issues and the collection; title: The curriculum; title: Special groups of students; title: Fiscal issues relating to the collection; title: Opening, moving, or closing the collection.