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Monroe, William S. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Selective review of the collection development literature for 1991 discusses the access versus ownership issue; organization, policy, and planning; budgets and finance; selection; assessment, weeding, and preservation; and special collections. (177 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Library Administration, Library Collection Development, Library Collections

Serebnick, Judith – Library Quarterly, 1992
Describes a study that investigated holdings of small publishers' books in OCLC libraries and selection procedures for these titles, including the influence of reviews, publishers, and vendors. Questionnaire responses from librarians and vendors are analyzed, and results indicating a significant relationship between holdings and reviews are…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Library Material Selection

Charles, John; Mosley, Shelley; Bouricius, Ann – Voice of Youth Advocates, 1999
Discusses the romance genre and provides guidelines for librarians with high school aged readers. Highlights include where to find information about the romance genre; the appeal of romance fiction; levels of sex and sensuality; reference tools; subgenres; and authors and titles that may be popular with young adult romance readers. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, High School Students, Library Collection Development
Bevis, Mary Daniell – 1988
Serials collections are a costly but essential part of a library's periodicals holdings. Jacksonville State University Library's (JSUL) budgetary problems have forced librarians to examine their serials closely in terms of cost factors, indexing, expected usage, and curriculum and research support. The purpose of this project is to assess JSUL's…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1988
This annotated bibliography of library media collection selection sources includes: (1) an annotated bibliography of selection sources; (2) a list of selection tools (in both book and periodical form) for elementary, middle, and secondary schools; (3) a list of bibliographies in specialized subject areas (art; career planning; computers; early…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development
Library Journal, 1987
This fourth annual annotated list was compiled by the Notable Documents Committee of the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table. It includes federal, international, and state documents published two years prior to the date of the list that are considered notable based on 10 criteria. A source list is included. (EM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Government, Foreign Countries, Government Publications
Ostrow, Stephen E. – 1998
This report is one in a series from the Council on Library and Information Resources that explores the issues and problems that institutions must address when undertaking digital conversion projects. The focus of this report is on projects that mean to provide widespread access over the Internet to large historical pictorial collections, using an…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Internet, Library Automation, Library Collection Development
Mirwis, Allan N. – 1999
This two-volume guide is designed to make subject encyclopedias more accessible. To qualify for inclusion, an encyclopedia must meet the following criteria: new or revised edition published since 1990; coverage by subject (not primarily biographical or geographical); intended audience of high school students, college students, and adults;…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Classification, Encyclopedias, Indexes
Hannigan, Matt – Library Journal, 1997
Provides guidelines for ordering the best computer books, geared to the library's size. Covers series, articles, subjects, and publishers most useful to a broad audience, as well as the best places to seek information on new titles and where to find reviews. Offers time savers for upgrading a computer book collection and discusses weeding…
Descriptors: Computers, Guidelines, Information Sources, Information Technology

Hyry, Tom; Kaplan, Diane; Weideman, Christine – American Archivist, 2002
Describes a project undertaken in the Yale University Library to develop a rational approach for the selection and appraisal of collections of faculty papers. Serves as a case study of the application of a method developed by the Minnesota Historical Society to a collecting repository within an academic setting. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods

Hodge, Stanley P.; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1989
Offers suggestions for developing a collection policy that promotes the integration of government documents into an academic library's overall collection management objectives. Steps described include selecting appropriate agencies, selecting appropriate levels of collection intensity, assigning intensity levels to agency materials, and adjusting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Government Publications, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines

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)

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

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

Mathiesen, Penelope, Ed.; And Others – Library Quarterly, 1994
This second in a two-part series on resources in major university music libraries contains: "The Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library at Harvard University" (John B. Howard) and "The Research Collections of the Sibley Music Library of the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester" (Mary Wallace Davidson). (Contains 73…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Collection Development