Frank Hoffmann, Richard J. Wood

Library Collection Development Policies

Academic, Public, and Special Libraries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book represents an ongoing effort to fill the void in the library literature relating to collection development policies. The authors, whose experience each spans four decades as library educators and practitioners, created the book_as well as a forthcoming companion volume devoted to school libraries_to assist both library school students and professionals in the field in the compilation, revision, and implementation of collection development policies. Cutting edge trends such as digital document delivery and library cooperation are also covered.

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Produktdetails

• Good Policy Good Practice Nr.1
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780810851801
• ISBN-10: 0810851806
• Artikelnr.: 22109513

Autorenporträt

Frank W. Hoffmann is professor of library science at Sam Houston State University. He has worked in libraries in Indiana, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania and has written over thirty books relating to librarianship and popular music, including more than a dozen titles for Scarecrow Press. Richard J. Wood is director of university libraries at the University of South Alabama and was formerly the director of university libraries at the Citadel and Sam Houston State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Preface Part 3 Introduction Part 4 PART 1:
COMPONENTS OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES Chapter 5 1. Introduction to
Collection Development Policy Components Chapter 6 2. Purpose Statements in
Policies Chapter 7 3. Background Statements in Policies Chapter 8 4.
Responsibility Statements in Policies Chapter 9 5. Mission, Goal, and
Objective Statements in Policies Chapter 10 6. Target Audience
Identification in Policies Chapter 11 7. Budget Allocation and Funding
Statements in Policies Chapter 12 8. Evaluative Criteria Identified in
Policies Chapter 13 9. Format Statements in Policies Chapter 14 10.
Government Publication Sections in Policies Chapter 15 11. Treatment of
Specific Resources Identified in Policies Chapter 16 12. Special Collection
Statements in Policies Chapter 17 13. Resource Sharing Statements in
Policies Chapter 18 14. Services Identified in Policies Chapter 19 15.
Selection Aids Identified in Policies Chapter 20 16. Copyright Statements
in Policies Chapter 21 17. Intellectual Freedom Statements in Policies
Chapter 22 18. Acquisition Methods Identified in Policies Chapter 23 19.
Gift and Exchange Statements in Policies Chapter 24 20. Collection
Maintenance Identified in Policies Chapter 25 21. Weeding Statements in
Policies Chapter 26 22. Collection Evaluation Sections in Policies Chapter
27 23. Policy Revision Statements in Policies Chapter 28 24. Definition of
Terms and Glossaries in Policies Chapter 29 25. Bibliographies in Policies
Chapter 30 26. Appendixes in Policies Part 31 PART 2: VIRTUAL COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT Chapter 32 27. Introduction to Virtual Collection Development
Chapter 33 28. Policy Components for Online Electronic Resources Chapter 34
29. Discussion of Recent Issues Chapter 35 30. Sample Policies Chapter 36
31. Resource Sharing in the Digital Age: An Integrative Perspective Part 37
Appendix A: Inventory of Excerpted Library Policies Part 38 Appendix B:
Intellectual Freedom Statements and Forms Part 39 Bibliography Part 40
Index Part 41 About the Authors