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Peer reviewedWortman, William A. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
The 1986 literature on collection management is reviewed under six major headings: (1) general overview; (2) materials; (3) kinds of users and libraries; (4) evaluation and cooperation; (5) selection, acquisitions, and allocation; and (6) access, weeding, and preservation. A list of 251 references is provided. (MES)
Descriptors: Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation, Library Material Selection, Library Materials
Peer reviewedDrewes, Jeanne M. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1993
Examines preservation literature from 1992 that focused on the integration of preservation strategies within the organization. Highlights include foreign preservation programs; collection development and preservation; government programs; deacidification; paper requirements; disaster recovery techniques; mutilation; microform issues; nonbook…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Government Role, Library Collection Development, Library Materials
Peer reviewedRogers, Sally A. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Discussion of management of cataloging backlogs in academic libraries focuses on a backlog assessment project conducted at the Ohio State University libraries to facilitate the elimination of two backlogs, one of Slavic language materials and one of general materials. Evaluations of samples from these two collections are discussed in terms of…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPaskoff, Beth M.; Perrault, Anna H. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1990
Describes a project that examined a random sample of 5 percent of a shelflist to provide detailed information about the distribution of imprints according to age and language, percentage of duplication, and distribution of serial and monographic formats. It is concluded that the resulting collection profile provides a multidimensional, quantified…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedAtkinson, Ross W.; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1986
Three articles on preservation present a theoretical framework for making preservation selection decisions by Atkinson, comments on Atkinson's concepts and possible mechanisms for identifying collections for top priority in microfilming by Child, and results of a Research Libraries Group study of the costs of preservation microfilming by McClung .…
Descriptors: Archives, Cost Estimates, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Peer reviewedSwora, Tamara; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1986
Three articles review the literature on the new information technologies as they relate to library technical services in 1984 and 1985. Swora and Fischer review micrographics, optical disk technology, and the fair use debate; Pankake covers collection development and acquisitions; and Linken describes changes in serials management. (EM)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Library Acquisition
