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Lowe, Karen – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses the process of weeding, updating, and building a school library media collection that supports the state curriculum. Explains resource alignment, a process for using the shelf list as a tool to analyze and align media center resources to state curricula, and describes a five-year plan and its usefulness for additional funding. (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development

Lent, Robin; And Others – Against the Grain, 1997
At the University of New Hampshire, serial publications took 80% of the acquisitions budget, yet staff knew less about that portion (6,000 titles) of the collection than any other. Librarians surveyed faculty to determine interdisciplinary use, cost of a "better" collection, acceptability of document delivery and interlibrary loans, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, College Faculty, Costs
Berry, John; Bryant, Eric; Rogers, Michael; Albanese, Andrew; Oder, Norman; Selverstone, Harriet; Milliot, Jim – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2002
Includes three reports: one from "Library Journal" that reviews significant issues of the year, including budget reversals; Internet filtering, digital copyright, distance education, and electronic books; one that discusses school librarianship, including staffing, collection development, and information literacy; and one that discusses…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Copyrights, Court Litigation

McGrath, William E. – Library Trends, 2002
Develops a comprehensive, unified, explanatory theory of librarianship by first making an analogy to the unification of the fundamental forces of nature. Topics include dependent and independent variables; publishing; acquisitions; classification and organization of knowledge; storage, preservation, and collection management; collections; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Library Acquisition, Library Circulation

Ali, S. Nazim – Information Development, 1989
Summarizes the development of science and technology in the Arab Gulf States and discusses the collection building of the libraries in the region, focusing on problems of censorship and finance. Current purchasing methods are described, and the need for automation in acquisitions work and for centralized and cooperative purchasing is discussed.…
Descriptors: Censorship, Centralization, Developing Nations, Financial Support
Summers, F. William – School Library Journal, 1989
Identifies library values affected by technology, including respect for and privacy of the individual, equality of user needs, and freedom of purpose and access. Fundamental changes that may result from technology are predicted in the areas of the library role, functions of staff, fees for services and document delivery, and costs of local and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Futures (of Society), Information Technology

Oka, Christine; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1994
Describes a program developed at the University of California at Santa Barbara library to make students more aware of the diverse population and to support the new ethnic studies curriculum. Topics addressed include library instruction; teamwork and diverse representation; developing library collections; cooperative teaching; and student response.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism

Johnson-Cooper, Glendora – Reference Librarian, 1994
Discussion of developing racially diverse collections in academic libraries focuses on an Afrocentric approach. Topics addressed include valuing diversity; Afrocentricity as a framework for diversity; barriers to building Afrocentric collections; and resources for building Afrocentric collections, including black-owned publishers, African American…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Afrocentrism, Black Businesses, Black Literature
Lenox, Mary F. – Illinois Libraries, 1993
Discussion of the projected growth in ethnic and racial minority groups focuses on diversity in libraries and suggests strategies for assessing current library practices and planning for the future. Topics addressed include leadership, including goals, objectives, and policies; staff development; and program development, including outreach…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Leadership, Library Collection Development

Dannelly, Gay N. – Library Trends, 1995
Discusses library resource sharing. Highlights include access to information, document delivery, interlibrary loan, and the social, economic, and technological complexities of new mechanisms; and traditional roles of libraries that provide both opportunities for cooperation and paradoxes for the continuation of selection, archiving, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Economic Factors, Interlibrary Loans
LaGuardia, Cheryl; Bentley, Stella – Online, 1992
Discusses the acquisition of library materials in electronic formats, particularly CD-ROMs and machine-readable data files (MRDFs) in academic libraries, and considers possible problems that can result related to collection development policies. Cooperation in the selection process between subject collectors and technical experts is suggested.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cooperation, Databases, Electronic Publishing

Osburn, Charles B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discusses library collection evaluation and its relationship to the acquisitions budget. Topics addressed include the publishing industry; library services that are more user centered; acquisition of versus access to sources of information and knowledge; the concept of value; library accountability; objectives and setting priorities; and levels of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accountability, Budgets, Evaluation Methods
Davis, Mary B. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1992
Outlines goals and guidelines for developing Native American collections in libraries. Prominent publishers of relevant materials are identified and titles for a core collection are discussed, including reference and Native American subject area materials. (EA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indian Culture, Art Products, Folk Culture
Hole, Carol – American Libraries, 1990
Discusses policies and attitudes prevalent in public libraries that encourage female users and discourage male users. The lack of technical books that may appeal more to men is examined, the lack of appropriate reviews is described, subconscious classism is suggested, and differences in fiction preferences are discussed. (two references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Females, Fiction, Librarian Attitudes

Britten, William A; Webster, Judith D. – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Describes methodology for analyzing MARC (machine-readable cataloging) records of highly circulating titles to document common characteristics for collection development purposes. Application of the methodology in a university library is discussed, and data are presented on commonality of subject heading, author, language, and imprint date for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Classification, Comparative Analysis