Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro, G. Edward Evans

Collection Management Basics (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

If the heart of the library is its collection, this textbook provides the keys to the heart of your library. Alongside standards of basic principles and processes, you'll find practical guidance on everything from acquisitions to preservation. Managing collections in today's libraries is more complicated and challenging than ever. Electronic formats, new options for collaboration and sharing, and the drive to use data for evaluation purposes are just a few of the changes now driving collection management. This updated edition of a classic text addresses changes in the field and provides a thorough overview of what collection development specialists now need to know to effectively and efficiently manage processes that range from selection and assessment to sharing resources, handling challenges, weeding, and preservation. Readers will find increased coverage of technical services, intellectual freedom and censorship, and collection policy development, as well as budget development and tracking, joint purchasing, and negotiating with vendors. Updates on e-resources, user needs assessment (including data visualization), and disaster management, along with suggestions for further reading, are also included. Engagingly written and easy to understand, this is a valuable text for students preparing for careers in public, academic, school, and special libraries. It will additionally serve as a training resource and professional refresher for practitioners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440859656
• Artikelnr.: 68184398

Autorenporträt

Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro, MLS, is Director of Collection Development Strategies at the University of Maryland Libraries (UMD), USA, where she provides leadership for the collections and manages the collections budget. Her prior work experience includes serving as Manager of Staff Learning and Development, and later Librarian for the College of Journalism at UMD, as Associate Director of Learning Resources at the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, and as Librarian for the Northern Virginia Center of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her research interests are in the areas of collection management, instruction, and emerging technologies in libraries.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Preface 1-INTRODUCTION What Is Collection Management? Access
to Information Access and Value Access Philosophy and Staff Access and
Literacy Blended Collections Access and Collaboration New Approaches Points
to Keep in Mind References 2-INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND ETHICS Libraries, the
First Amendment, and Intellectual Freedom Ethics, Personal Beliefs, Biases,
and Collection Management Self-Censorship Being Challenged Access-Filtering
Bibliotherapy-Readers' Advisory Activities Points to Keep in Mind
References 3-COLLECTION MANAGEMENT Components of Collection Management
Collection Management and Library Types Institutional Libraries Public
Libraries School Libraries Special Libraries Standards and Guidelines
Emerging Trends in Collection Management Floating Collections Taking on
Collection Management Responsibilities Points to Keep in Mind References
4-COLLECTION MANAGEMENT POLICIES What Is a Collection Management Policy?
Creating a Policy Stages of the Policy Development Process What to Include
Details of a Basic Policy Subject Areas Collected Selection Responsibility
How to Select Gifts and Deselection (Weeding) Deselection/Discards
Collection Assessment/Evaluation Complaints Electronic Resources Getting
the Policy Approved Points to Keep in Mind References 5-ASSESSING USER
NEEDS Concepts and Terms Why Spend the Time and Effort on Service Community
Studies? Practical Aspects Common Types of Data Collected Data Collecting
and Analysis Techniques Key Informants-Gatekeepers Focus Groups and
Community Forums Social Indicators Field Surveys Examples by Type of
Library Academic Libraries Public Libraries School Library Media Centers
Special Libraries/Information Centers Data Visualization Points to Keep in
Mind References 6-SELECTING MATERIALS Engaging in Selection Activities
Institutional Setting and User Interests Resources to Consult What Is in
the Collection/What Is Lacking Language Quality Reviews Starting Points for
Reviews Other Quality Factors Cost Issues Variations in Selection by
Library Type Academic Libraries-Community Colleges College Libraries
University Libraries Public Libraries School Library Media Centers Special
Libraries Quality or Demand Points to Keep in Mind References 7-COLLECTION
MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES Technical Services Functions Cataloging
and Metadata Services Metadata Acquisitions Serials Control Physical
Processing Bindery/Repair Shipping and Receiving Technical Services
Workflow Collection Management and Technical Services Points to Keep in
Mind References 8-ACQUISITIONS Acquiring Materials Acquisition Methods Firm
Orders Standing Orders Approval Plans Demand-Driven and Evidence-Based
Acquisitions Blanket Orders Subscriptions Leases Gifts Exchanges Vendor
Selection What the Firm Stocks Vendor Technological Capabilities Speed of
Delivery Financial Considerations Additional Vendors' Services Customer
Service Considerations Vendor Evaluation Retail Outlets Out-of-Print and
Antiquarian Dealers Fiscal Management Estimating Costs Allocating the
Budget Financial Records Encumbering Stewardship Audits Points to Keep in
Mind References 9-ASSESSING COLLECTIONS AND THE LIBRARY Collection
Assessment Methodologies Collection-Centered Methods List Checking Expert
Opinion (Impressionistic Assessment) Comparative Use Statistics Using
Standards as an Assessment Method Use-Centered Methods Circulation Studies
Customer Perceptions Use of ILL Statistics Bibliometric Studies
Deselection-Weeding Public Libraries School Library Media Centers Special
Libraries Academic Libraries Barriers to Deselection Deselection Criteria
Storage Points to Keep in Mind References 10-COOPERATION, COLLABORATION,
AND CONSORTIA ISSUES Background Sharing Collection Items Shared Collection
Building Sharing Collection Storage Reasons for Engaging in Joint Ventures
Collaboration on the Personal Level Making Collaborative Projects Work
Group Decision Making Points to Keep in Mind References 11-PRINT AND MEDIA
Producers of Library Collection Resources Types of Producers Media Formats
Media Issues Audio Formats Video Other Material Formats Maps and Globes
Games, Toys, and Puzzles Graphic Novels Prints and Photographs Format
Selection Considerations Points to Keep in Mind References 12-SERIALS What
Is a Serial? Government Information Serial Producers Selection Models
Identifying Serials E-Serials Do E-Serials Save Libraries Money? Managing
Serials Canceling Serials and Other E-Resources Usage Data Serial
Management Tools Points to Keep in Mind References 13-E-RESOURCES AND
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES Differences Between Traditional and E-Resources Selection
Issues Content Limitations Cost People Issues Technical Issues Assessment
Options Cancellation or Loss of Service E-Formats eBooks eReaders Google
Books Project Alternatives to Google Books Online Music/Audio Video Web
Resources Institutional Repositories Open Access Data Sets Points to Keep
in Mind References 14-PRESERVATION ISSUES Libraries and Cultural Patrimony
Preserving the Investment in the Collection Proper Handling Environmental
Control Security Disaster Preparedness Digital Preservation Conservation
Points to Keep in Mind References 15-LEGAL ISSUES AND COLLECTION MANAGEMENT
Copyright Laws and Libraries Fair Use and Copying Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) Enforcement Digital Rights Management (DRM) Gifts and
the IRS Americans with Disabilities Act and Collection Management Privacy
Points to Keep in Mind References Index