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Wallace, Danny P.; Boyce, Bert R. – Library and Information Science Research, 1989
Describes a study that compared holdings figures from the OCLC database to productivity measures from the "Journal Citation Reports" section of "Science Citation Index" and publisher circulation figures to determine whether there is a systematic relationship between easily gathered holdings and circulation figures and less…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Evaluation Criteria, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development

Dimick, Barbara – Library Trends, 1995
Marketing techniques in youth services are useful for designing programs, collections, and services and for determining customer needs. The marketing mix--product, place, price, and practice--provides a framework for service analysis. (AEF)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Collection Development, Library Planning, Marketing
Dorst, Thomas J. – Illinois Libraries, 1994
Examines current perceptions of cooperative collection management among libraries as well as possible alternative futures. Highlights include relationships between access, delivery, and the collections; integrated resource sharing; and resource sharing as a social model, including paradigm shifts involving networks based on users rather than…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Futures (of Society), Library Collection Development, Library Collections

Mills, Carol – Australian Academic and Research Libraries, 1994
Discusses the common forms of book aid for libraries in Pacific countries. Topics include the nature of aid programs; problems arising from donations; types of book aid, which include clearinghouses; "twinning", mentor, friendship or sponsorship arrangements, interest groups, and unsolicited donations; collection development and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Clearinghouses, Donors, Futures (of Society)

Miller, Jeannie P; Stringer-Hye, Richard – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1995
Presents a study by Texas A&M University to find steps to improve access to engineering society technical papers. Steps include: consolidating indexes, creating finding guides, changing shelving procedures, and utilizing gopher-client servers. A table displays indexing results via an online system and appendixes offer an example of a gopher…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Improvement, Indexing

Majka, David R. – Library Software Review, 1995
Describes a prototype reference collection management system that uses a relational database management program to automate traditional library processes such as library inventory and shelf-reading. Examines reference collection management criteria and system considerations, and reviews the database's characteristics and its benefits to libraries.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Database Management Systems, Databases, Evaluation

Ambler, Marjane – Tribal College, 1994
Discusses the role of the emerging tribal libraries, designed to serve as repositories of Native American history and knowledge. Indicates that the tribal libraries and archives have provided a means for recentralizing documents important to Native American history that had previously been moved to distant repositories by outside elements. (MAB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Archives, Cultural Background
Chepesiuk, Ron – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1993
Describes the Amistad Research Center housed at Tulane University which is a repository of primary documents on African-American history. Topics addressed include the development and growth of the collection; inclusion of the American Missionary Association archives; sources of support; civil rights; and collecting for the future. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Black History, Blacks, Civil Rights

Triolo, Victor A; Bao, Dachun – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Proposes a model for technical journal deselection based on the Bradford law of distribution. The model's operational prescriptives, characteristics of the Bradford distribution in the field of pediatrics, and relevance to collection management are discussed. (42 references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Information Utilization, Library Collection Development, Mathematical Formulas
Dannelly, Gay – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1992
Considers the connection between library preservation and collection management and examines their shared culture based on experiences at the Ohio State University library. Organizational structure, a preservation planning study, space limitations, cooperative projects between preservation and collection development staff, and potential future…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cooperation, Cultural Context, Higher Education

Frazer, Stuart L. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992
Periodicals librarians in libraries supporting smaller public colleges and universities were surveyed on issues concerning their serials collections. Findings indicate cost increases are a problem, but most respondents believe their collections are meeting institutional demands. Questions remain, however, about the influence of rising periodical…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accreditation (Institutions), Budgeting, Costs

Metz, Paul – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992
Rampant inflation in serials' pricing is forcing many academic libraries to initiate serials cancellation projects. If libraries plan carefully and involve faculty throughout the process, serials can be canceled without excessive damage to the collection or to the library's relationship with the rest of the college. (six references) (LAE)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Financial Exigency, Guidelines

Hacken, Richard – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992
The Research Library Group's (RLG) 1985 Conoco Study was designed to measure the possibilities for resource sharing among members. Study of German literature and geology collections showed possibilities for considerable sharing; however, in practice, library acquisitions are based on local needs, and no organized cooperative collection development…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Library Collection Development
Manning, Patricia – School Library Journal, 1992
Discussion of historical events occurring worldwide within the general time frame of 1492 includes a bibliography of 95 books suitable for fourth to seventh graders. Techniques for teachers and librarians to use to present a more horizontal view of history are suggested. (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Global Approach, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach

Katz, Jeffrey – Canadian Library Journal, 1991
Discussion of the acquisition and dissemination of revisionist history materials by public libraries focuses on revisionism related to the Jewish Holocaust. Intellectual freedom is addressed, the role of the public library is considered, handling holocaust-denial literature is described, and an example from the Edmonton Public Library is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, History, Intellectual Freedom