Acquisitions & Collection Development, Library Administration, Library Administration and Services - General & Miscellaneous

Developing Library and Information Center Collections

Name: Developing Library and Information Center Collections
Author: G. Edward Evans
ISBN: 9781591582199

by G. Edward Evans, Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro

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This new work addresses the challenges of electronic publishing and puts issues of collection development into perspective, providing a broad understanding of the collection development process. The book covers all phases of collection development-from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice) to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, and censorship and intellectual freedom.

This work addresses the challenges of electronic publishing and puts issues of collection development into perspective, providing students and practitioners of library and information science with a broad understanding of the collection development process. The book covers all phases of collection development-from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice) to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, and censorship and intellectual freedom. Each chapter has been expanded and updated with new material and reading lists. In addition, a chapter that is new to this edition deals with e-serials; and two appendixes contain samples of policies related to electronic concerns. It is an excellent survey of the state of the art of collection development and a comprehensive text.

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From the Publisher

"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

"[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

Library Journal

Last revised in 1995, this comprehensive collection development textbook has been updated to "reflect the changing environment of collection management," particularly in the area of electronic resources. Because of the necessity of keeping the final book to a reasonable length, materials from earlier editions are now for the first time available on the Internet. In particular, what had been Chapter 4 ("Selection Process: Theory") and two appendixes--"Book and Electronic Collection Policies" and the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) "Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information"--can be found at lib.lmu.edu/dlc4 and www.lu.com.--WWW Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

Booknews

Provides students and practitioners of library and information science with a broad understanding of collection development and its importance in the library. Covers all phases of the collection development process, in a lively, conversational style, looking at areas such as filtering software, serials, and legal concerns. This edition incorporates more material on electronic resources. Chapters dropped from this edition can be accessed on a web site. Evans is university librarian at Loyola Marymount University. Zarnosky is associate director of the learning resource center at Northern Virginia Community College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)