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Title:
Collection development and management for 21st century library collections : an introduction
Other title:
Collection development and management for twenty-first century library collections
ISBN:
9780838917121
Edition:
Second edition.
Publication:
Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2019.
Physical Description:
xvii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents:
The impact of new technologies on collection development and management -- Assessing user needs and marketing the collection to those users -- Collection development policies -- Selection sources and processes -- Acquisitions -- Budgeting and fiscal management -- Assessment and evaluation of the collection, including deselection (weeding) -- Cooperative collection development and resource-sharing -- Legal issues in collection development -- Professional ethics and intellectual freedom -- Preservation -- The future of collection development and management.
Abstract:
Learn the basics of collection development and management with this book. This second edition is a refreshment of a standard title in the field. -- Provided by publisher.

The author examines the processes that librarians need to use in evaluating, gathering, maintaining, and preserving materials. Each chapter covers multiple formats, but the overall processes used to select and evaluate those materials is essentially the same. Where appropriate, the author details differences due to the type of library - public libraries, school media centers, and so forth. The author also examines legal issues, not just of copyright and licensing, but also of diversity, disability, and special needs issues. -- Adapted from preface.
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