Fundamentals of collection development and management

Title:

Author:

Johnson, Peggy, 1948- author

ISBN:

9780838916414

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, 2018.

Physical Description:

xiv, 418 pages ; 26 cm

Contents:

Introduction to collection development and management -- Organizational models, staffing, and responsibilities -- Planning, policy, and budgets -- Developing collections -- Vendor relations, negotiation, and contracts -- Managing collections -- Marketing, liaison activities, and outreach -- Collection analysis, accountability, and demonstrating value -- Collaborative collection development and management.

Abstract:

"Johnson has revised and freshened this resource to ensure its timeliness and continued excellence. Consideration is given to traditional management topics, cooperative collection development and management, licenses, negotiation, and other purchasing and budgeting topics, and the ways that changes in information delivery and access technologies continue to reshape the discipline" -- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Collection management (Libraries) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Collection development (Libraries) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Collection development (Libraries) (OCoLC)fst00867172

Collection management (Libraries) (OCoLC)fst00867188

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Local Subject:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COLLECTION

Available:

Library	Call Number	Material Type	Status
Searching... State Library of Oregon	025.21 Johns, 4th ed.	4-Week Loan	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Technical Services Quarterly declared that the third edition "must now be considered the essential textbook for collection development and management ... the first place to go for reliable and informative advice." For the fourth edition expert instructor and librarian Johnson has revised and freshened this resource to ensure its timeliness and continued excellence. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues. Thorough consideration is given to

traditional management topics such as organization of the collection, weeding, staffing, and policymaking; cooperative collection development and management; licenses, negotiation, contracts, maintaining productive relationships with vendors and publishers, and other important purchasing and budgeting topics; important issues such as the ways that changes in information delivery and access technologies continue to reshape the discipline, the evolving needs and expectations of library users, and new roles for subject specialists, all illustrated using updated examples and data; and marketing, liaison activities, and outreach.

As a comprehensive introduction for LIS students, a primer for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to-day work, the value and usefulness of this book remain unequaled.

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Booklist Review

Johnson revises her 2004 work, summarizing basic methods and terminology of collection development and management. Topics include staffing; organization; budgeting and planning; analyzing, managing, and developing collections; marketing and outreach; and cooperative collection development. Updates in this edition include integration of electronic resources into all chapters and a new chapter on scholarly communication. The glossary has been expanded, and new case studies are provided with each chapter to facilitate translation of theory into practice. Coverage of public, school, and special libraries has been improved, but the text still most strongly details practice in large academic libraries. Those looking for a text should compare this with Developing Library and Information Center Collections, last updated in 2005 but covering the same territory, with more emphasis on daily practice.--Hollands, Neil Copyright 2009 Booklist