Managing Business Collections in Libraries

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Edited by Carolyn A. Sheehy

ISBN: 0-313-29650-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29650-5

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296 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 12/30/1996

List Price: $95.00 (UK Sterling Price: £54.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: The Greenwood Library Management Collection

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This handy manual will guide anyone who is faced with the challenge of managing a business collection. The field of business information is in a constant state of flux, so it is nice to have a guide to form a core collection. The book is not limited to any one type of library or user needs, so its broad coverage will be of use to many librarians.
—Public Library Quarterly
...provides a wealth of information to librarians with new responsibilities for business collections. Chapters on planning, personnel, facilities, collection development, print and electronic resources, technical and access services, and reference services to both internal and external communities were written by librarians with special expertise in these areas.
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American Libraries
...highly recommended to both librarians and information professionals new to the profession, as well as those who may be unfamiliar with the idiosyncrasies of managing business collections.
—Business Information Alert

Description: Business information is in strong demand by a wide range of library patrons. Academic librarians must meet the needs of undergraduates, graduates, and faculty who require information about businesses for their coursework and research; school librarians must deal with sophisticated financial questions from students in a variety of classes; public librarians must provide investors and job seekers with information about financial trends, prospective employers, and particular industries; and special librarians must provide their users with immediate and current data about clients, competitors, and markets. Business information is available in various forms, such as print sources, CD-ROMs, and on-line databases, and is particularly volatile, with the news of the morning often being more in demand than the news of the week before. The wide range of patron needs, product types, and constantly changing data makes managing business collections a particularly complex and demanding responsibility. This management guide provides a wealth of information to assist librarians who are new to managing business collections. Chapters written by expert contributors survey such topics as planning, financial and personnel concerns, and facilities management; the selection, acquisition, cataloging, classification, processing, and preservation of print and electronic material; and the provision of access, reference, and information services to both internal and external user communities. A selected annotated bibliography concludes the volume.

Table of Contents:

Historical Foundations, by Carolyn A. Sheehy
Planning, Budget, and Finance, by Judith A. Truelson
Personnel by Rebecca A. Smith and Lynn W. Livingston
Facilities by Robert V. Labaree and Janet Wamsley
Collection Development by Doralyn H. Edwards and Joan B. Fiscella
Acquisitions by Susan Davis and Carol Farmer
Print Resources by Richard P. Orlando
`IElectronic Resources by Katherine M. Shelfer
Technical Services by Karen A. Wilson
Access Services by Laura Claggett and Denise J. Johnson
Reference and Information Services: Internal User Community by Wendy Diamond
Reference and Information Services: External User Community by Linda Keir Simons
Forecasting the Future by Aline Soules
Selected Annotated Bibliography by Gail T. Graves
Index
About the Editor and Contributors

LC Card Number: 96-2760

LCC Class: Z675

Dewey Class: 026


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