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Birdsall, Douglas G.; Hensley, Oliver D. – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Presents a strategic planning model originally developed for university research and illustrates its usefulness for academic libraries. Library development and fund-raising activities are used as examples to illustrate the various stages of strategic planning, including scanning the environment, designing the plan, acceptance, and adoption.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adoption (Ideas), Fund Raising, Higher Education
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Schmidt, Karen A. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
A comparison of subject- and publisher-based book approval plans for academic libraries found publisher-based plans to be more successful for purchasing domestic publications, and subject-based plans for international ones. Library collections, organization, and vagaries of the publishing industry form the basis for selecting the plan which is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
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Atkinson, Ross – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Discusses collection development policy as means to express and systematize guidelines for collection building that fulfill three basic functions: the referential, the generative, the rhetorical. Division of policy into subject categories, and use of "collection levels" to rank the collection and collecting effort for each subject are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
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Smith, Martha M. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Studies characteristics of a multilateral cooperative selection program for small rare book collections and describes success of such a program at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Highlights include five guidelines as prerequisites to formal agreement and a cooperative collection development…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Guidelines, Higher Education
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Metz, Paul; Foltin, Bela, Jr. – College and Research Libraries, 1990
Argues that the internal organization of collection development and the nature of science and scholarship lead to inevitable gaps in collection development. The structural and intellectual causes of collection development gaps are analyzed, and a number of areas whose literatures are especially vulnerable to being ignored or overlooked by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
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Auchstetter, Rosann M. – College and Research Libraries, 1990
Explores the role of the academic rare book library in terms of its financial justification and concludes that the primary justification lies in its utility as a research library. It is also concluded that institutions unable to support a proper rare book collection might be advised to develop appropriate special collections instead. (19…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
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Medina, Sue O. – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Describes a cooperative collection development program implemented by the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) to strengthen resources available for graduate education and research. Topics discussed include funding collection development, the formula for the equitable distribution of funds, research support, and other related activities.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Equity (Finance), Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Sapp, Gregg – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Reviews and describes the current crisis in science literacy and formulates an information-based definition of the term. Library issues and concerns are discussed, including the role of librarians in defining the information-seeking behavior of science-literate users, describing users' characteristics, and evaluating and applying appropriate…
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Seeking, Library Collection Development, Library Role
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Nardini, Robert F. – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Approval plans challenge library boundaries, require consensus on collection development priorities, cooperation among library departments, and a close partnership with the vendor. Few concrete performance standards exist, and effectiveness is difficult to measure. Vendors will play an active role in the evolution of approval plans, though…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Atkinson, Ross – College and Research Libraries, 1989
Argues that collection development systems need to exert greater control over scholarly and educational information if the systems are to adapt to changing technical and economic conditions. Steps toward increased control should include categorization of sources and access by function, ongoing definition of a title-specific core, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Classification, Documentation
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Stueart, Robert D. – College and Research Libraries, 1990
Considers issues facing academic libraries in liberal arts colleges. Topics discussed include the need for faculty support; needs of faculty researchers; collection development, including faculty demands; resource sharing; the impact of information technology; the role of the library; and current awareness services, such as selective dissemination…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Higher Education, Information Technology
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Nolan, Christopher W. – College and Research Libraries, 1991
Discusses references collections in academic libraries and offers guidelines for placing materials in a reference collection that focus on their suitability for true reference functions and the expected frequency of use. Problems with poorly managed collections are discussed, and the importance of selection policies and weeding are emphasized. (37…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
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Rochell, Carlton – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Explores issues associated with the imposition of fees on information obtained from sources made available by today's technology. Highlights include the commodification of information, economics of access to information, library costs and user fees, cost benefits of automation, financial support for automation, and implications for collection…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Fees, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
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Bensman, Stephen J. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Establishes theoretical framework for solution of problem confronting academic libraries--growth in number of journals and surge in prices--by showing how concentration of usage is function of sociobibliometric laws based on cumulative advantage principle. Use of citation indexes in academic evaluation and library collection development is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Higher Education
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Thomas, Lawrence – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Examines the question of whether faculty or librarians should have primary responsibility for collection development in academic libraries. The findings of recent collection evaluations are presented, and the need for cost effective collection policies that combine the expertise of faculty and librarians is discussed. (16 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Environment, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness
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