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Developing Library and Information Center Collections Fifth Edition
G. Edward Evans, Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro
ISBN: 1-59158-219-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-219-9
472 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 9/30/2005
List Price: $45.00 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [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     2007
  • 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     April 2006
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, censorhip 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 into a single chapter. New to this edition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion Web site () is 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 practicioners alike will benefit greatly from this state-of-the-art text.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Information Age - Information Society
    Chapter 2: Information Needs Assessment
    Chapter 3: Collection Development Policies
    Chapter 4: Selection Process in Practice
    Chapter 5: Producers of Information Materials
    Chapter 6: Serials - Print and Electronic
    Chapter 7: Other Electronic Materials
    Chapter 8: Government Information
    Chapter 9: Audiovisual Materials
    Chapter 10: Acquisitions
    Chapter 11: Distributors and Vendors
    Chapter 12: Fiscal Management
    Chapter 13: Delselection
    Chapter 14: Evaluation
    Chapter 15: Resources Sharing
    Chapter 16: Protecting the Collection
    Chapter 17: Legal Issues
    Chapter 18: Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, and Collection Development
About the Author: G. Edward Evans is the 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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