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Developing library and information center collections

Author: G Edward Evans; Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro
Publisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
Series: Library and information science text series.
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Evans, G. Edward, 1937-
Developing library and information center collections.
Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2000
(DLC) 99059179
(OCoLC)43287924
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: G Edward Evans; Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro
ISBN: 0585256225 9780585256221
OCLC Number: 45731506
Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 595 p.) : ill.
Contents: Information Age--Information Society --
Nature of Information --
Collection Development and the Community --
Collection Development and Institutional Environments --
Academic --
Public --
School --
Special --
Information Needs Assessment --
Elements of the Study --
Who Will Do the Study? --
What Will Be Studied? --
How and Where Is Data Collected? --
Key Informant --
Community Forum --
Social Indicators --
Field Surveys --
How Is Data to Be Interpreted? --
Community Participation --
Type of Library --
Public Libraries --
Academic Libraries --
Special Libraries/Information Centers --
Academic --
Public --
School --
Special --
Collection Development Policies --
What Are Collection Development Policies? --
Why Have a Collection Development Policy? --
Arguments Against Writing a Collection Development Policy --
Uses of a Collection Development Policy --
Elements of a Collection Development Policy --
Details of Subject Areas and Formats Collected --
Who Shall Select? --
How Shall They Select? --
Miscellaneous Issues --
Gifts --
Deselection and Discards --
Evaluation --
Complaints and Censorship --
Electronic Resources --
Getting the Policy Approved --
Selection Process in Practice --
What Happens in Selection --
Variations in Selection --
Academic Libraries --
Community or Junior Colleges --
College Libraries --
University Libraries --
Public Libraries --
School Library Media Centers --
Special Libraries and Information Centers --
Selection Aids --
Current Sources for In-Print Books --
Catalogs, Flyers, and Announcements.
Series Title: Library and information science text series.
Responsibility: G. Edward Evans with the assistance of Margaret R. Zarnosky.

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