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Direct linkFenner, Audrey – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
Approval plans are used by many libraries as an adjunct to title-by-title selection, and sometimes as a substitute for it. The author examines this approach to purchasing library materials, considering positive and negative effects approval plans may have on collection balance as well as on acquisitions budgets and workflow. The article also…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Services, Librarians, Library Development
Fenner, John T.; Fenner, Audrey – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
The New Thought movement is the focus of an exercise in developing a core collection to support research in a defined subject area. The authors outline the New Thought movement's conceptual and historical development and apply this outline to the selection of library resources. A sample collection development policy is included; such a policy is…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, Library Policy, Library Development
