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Download full textStorey, Dee – 1990
Library media specialists, 55 from each of 5 states which have organized child-choice state award programs--Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Texas--were surveyed to ascertain their position on the question of whether library media specialists should purchase Caldecott/Newbery or state award books. The survey consisted of two…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Attitudes
Kerby, Ramona – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Presents thought from school library media specialists regarding collection development. Topics include first-year experiences; the importance of cataloging; selection criteria; selection sources; and weeding. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Attitudes
Peer reviewedSnow, Richard – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Even though endorsements of written collection development policies abound in the professional literature, many academic libraries do not have them in place. Interviews with several Louisiana librarians reveal possible reasons for that disparity. Instead of spending time devising policies that quickly become inflexible and outdated, bibliographers…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interviews, Librarian Attitudes
McCaslin, Sharon – 1996
Recently the Peru State College Library (Nebraska) had an opportunity to use a special acquisitions grant to study the effects of removing librarian bias in one area of its collection. This study considers the use of the items selected for this grant by humanities faculty and compares their use with other items selected by both librarians and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bias, Grants, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEmergency Librarian, 1991
Comments on the research finding that the personal convictions of the teacher-librarian about what is made available to secondary school students are more influential in the censorship of school library materials than external pressures to censor by school and community members. (six references) (MAB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Attitudes
Storey, Dee – 1992
A survey was conducted of randomly selected school library media specialists participating in the Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Texas state "child choice" book award programs to identify any censorship taking place in these programs, and the attitudes of the library media specialists toward such censorship. In most…
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Attitudes
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1998
Reports on the book-buying trends and predilections of libraries at two-year colleges, four-year colleges, universities, and large research institutions. Four tables and figures show findings for purchasing power of academic libraries; areas academic librarians believe need more titles; most-bought book categories; and sources used to make…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Budgeting, Decision Making
