Crash Course in Collection Development

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Wayne Disher

Book Code: LU8559

ISBN: 1-59158-559-7

ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-559-6

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196 pages

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Publication: 9/30/2007

List Price: $30.00 (UK Sterling Price: £16.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Paperback

Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11

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Series Title: Crash Course

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Disher, a seasoned practitioner and part-time instructor in San Jose State Universitys School of Library and Information Science, speaks primarily to public library staff with little, if any, experience in collection development....Chapters describe how a library might analyze its community as well as assess and evaluate its collection. Other chapters address collection development policies, statistics, budget, selection, acquisition, reviewing sources, the publishing industry, collection maintenance, mending and preserving, and promotion and marketing. The final chapter discusses complaints, challenges, and intellectual-freedom issues. There is no bibliography, but several helpful Web sites are mentioned in the text. Recommended for all public library collections.
—Booklist/Professional Reading April 15, 2008

Description: This new entry in the Crash Course Series explaining collection development was created for those with little formal LIS training working in small, rural libraries. The guide will also be useful for librarians who are new to this area of service or need to brush up on their skills. In a volume covering everything from community analysis through developing collection policies, librarians will learn how to use reviews to acquire materials as well as to help weed the collection, how to market the collection to patrons, and how to handle censorship issues when collections are challenged.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1: Library Collections
Chapter 2: The Library and Its Community
Chapter 3: Collection Assessment and
Chapter 4: Collection Development Policies
Chapter 5: Statistics for Collection Development
Chapter 6: Managing Collection Budgets
Chapter 7: Selecting Library Materials
Chapter 8: Reviews and Reviewing Sources
Chapter 9: Acquisitions
Chapter 10: The Publishing Industry
Chapter 11: Collection Maintenance
Chapter 12: Mending and Preserving
Chapter 13: Collection Promotion and Merchandising
Chapter 14: Handling Complaints about the Collection
Conclusion
Index

LC Card Number: 2007013536

LCC Class: Z687

Dewey Class: 025

PDF Catalogs:
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf


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