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Developing Library and Information Center Collections Fifth Edition
G. Edward Evans, Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro
ISBN: 1-59158-218-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-218-2
472 pages
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Publication: 9/30/2005
List Price: $60.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 7 x 10
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Description: This latest edition continues to cover all phases of collection development—from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice), to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Each chapter has been extensively revised to reflect changing practices, policies, and technologies. To this end, some chapters—electronic materials, government information, audiovisual materials, and resource sharing—have been almost completely rewritten. In addition, electronic serials, introduced in the 4th edition, has been combined with its print counterpart in a single chapter. New to this edition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion Web site () will also be maintained to ensure URLs referenced throughout the text are kept up to date. As the authors put it in their introductory chapter, whatever environment one works in, collection development is an exciting challenge that requires lifelong learning. Students and practitioners alike will benefit greatly from this state-of-the-art text.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Fourth Edition
    Preface to the Fifth Edition
    Information Age: Information Society
    Information Needs Assessment
    Collection Development Policies
    Selection Process in Practice
    Producers of Information Materials
    Series: Print and Electronic
    Other Electronic Materials
    Government Information
    Audiovisual Materials
    Acquisitions
    Distributors and Vendors
    Fiscal Management
    Deselection
    Evaluation
    Resource Sharing
    Protectingg the Collection
    Legal Issues
    Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, and Collection Development
    Index
About the Author: G. Edward Evans is Associate Academic Vice President for Information Resources, von der Ahe Library, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.

Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro is Manager of Staff Learning and Development, University of Maryland Libraries, College Park.
LCC Class: 25
PDF Catalogs:
LU Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU Textbook Catalog Fall 2007.pdf
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