Developing Library and Information Center Collections
This new work addresses the challenges of electronic publishing and puts issues of collection development into perspective, providing a broad understanding of the collection development process. The book covers all phases of collection development-from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice) to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, and censorship and intellectual freedom.\ This work addresses the challenges of electronic publishing and puts issues...
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List of IllustrationsPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the Fourth Edition1Information Age - Information Society12Information Needs Assessment313Collection Development Policies694Selection Process in Practice915Producers of Information Materials1276Print-Based Serials1547Electronic Serials1808Other Electronic Materials2079Government Information23810Audiovisual Materials27211Acquisitions31312Distributors and Vendors33613Fiscal Management37714Deselection40615Evaluation42916Cooperative Collection Development and Resource Sharing45417Protecting the Collection48818Legal Issues51519Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, and Collection Development544Epilogue: The Future of Collection Development573Index577
\ From the Publisher"Evans and Saponaro's work has been the standard text and authority on collection development for all types of libraries. It still is….So if you are a current student or want to get serious about updating what you learned long ago in library school, then this is certainly the core center of professional reading….Evans and Saponaro is recommended as a central work."\ -\ Teacher Librarian\ "[A] wonderful resource that every student should keep in their professional library and refer to as issues pop up during their career….[I] recommend it as a tool for library administration and librarians at all levels….Highly recommended as a text and as a reference for practicing librarians."\ -\ Technical Services Quarterly\ \ \ \ \ \ Library JournalLast revised in 1995, this comprehensive collection development textbook has been updated to "reflect the changing environment of collection management," particularly in the area of electronic resources. Because of the necessity of keeping the final book to a reasonable length, materials from earlier editions are now for the first time available on the Internet. In particular, what had been Chapter 4 ("Selection Process: Theory") and two appendixes--"Book and Electronic Collection Policies" and the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) "Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information"--can be found at lib.lmu.edu/dlc4 and www.lu.com.--WWW Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\\\ \ \ BooknewsProvides students and practitioners of library and information science with a broad understanding of collection development and its importance in the library. Covers all phases of the collection development process, in a lively, conversational style, looking at areas such as filtering software, serials, and legal concerns. This edition incorporates more material on electronic resources. Chapters dropped from this edition can be accessed on a web site. Evans is university librarian at Loyola Marymount University. Zarnosky is associate director of the learning resource center at Northern Virginia Community College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
