Collection Assessment and Management for School Libraries: Preparing for Cooperative Collection Development
A leader in cooperative collection development for the school library presents a framework for developing school library collections in today's era of access vs. ownership and cooperative resource sharing. This guide provides new tools and techniques for analyzing collections, including ready-to-use collection data-gathering forms and collection assessment and analysis worksheets. Also included are examples of a written collection development policy, a selection policy, a copyright policy and...
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This work provides new techniques and tools necessary for analyzing, assessing, and managing the school library collection and for preparing for cooperative collection development. Booknews Presents a framework for developing school library collections in today's era of access vs. ownership and cooperative resource sharing. Provides both qualitative and quantitative techniques for analyzing existing collections based on the conspectus approach, and discusses the written collection development policy. Almost half of the book consists of appendices of collection assessment tools such as codes, worksheets, data-gathering forms, and examples of policies and documents. For school library media specialists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Placing Collection Assessment in Context12Collection Assessment Techniques193Adapting the Conspectus Approach for School Libraries394The Written Collection Development Policy535Cooperative Collection Development776Conclusion93App. ACollection Assessment Tools103App. BCollection Codes - Current Collection, Acquisition Commitment, Collection Goal123App. CCollection Assessment Worksheets127App. DWritten Collection Policy Documents141App. EEphrata Area School Library and Information Services Department Curriculum Mapping Survey195Glossary199Index203
\ BooknewsPresents a framework for developing school library collections in today's era of access vs. ownership and cooperative resource sharing. Provides both qualitative and quantitative techniques for analyzing existing collections based on the conspectus approach, and discusses the written collection development policy. Almost half of the book consists of appendices of collection assessment tools such as codes, worksheets, data-gathering forms, and examples of policies and documents. For school library media specialists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
