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Crash Course in Collection Development
Wayne Disher
ISBN: 1-59158-559-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-559-6
196 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 9/30/2007
List Price: $30.00 (UK Sterling Price: £20.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
Subjects:
Series Title: Crash Course
Reviews:
  • 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     4/15/2008
Description: Created for those with little formal LIS training working in small, rural libraries, this 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, and get hints for simple repair or rebinding items. Attention is given to marketing the collection to patrons, and to handling censorship issues when collections are challenged.

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
About the Author: Wayne Disher spent over 20 years as a staff member at San Jose Public Library in San Jose, Calif. As Senior Librarian there, he managed the system's Adult Services as well as a collection budget of almost $10,000,000. Mr. Disher is currently Library Director for the City of Hemet Public Library in Hemet, Calif. He also teaches courses in Collection Development and Library Management for the San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science.
LCC Class: 25
PDF Catalogs:
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
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