Collection Building: Volume 1 Issue 2

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Book Reviews and the Inclusion of Potentially Controversial Books in Public Libraries

Judith Serebnick

The policies of the American Library Association (ALA) concerning the concept of intellectual freedom are embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the association's official…

Library Resources Are More Than Materials

Linda Crowe, Tina Roose

Although it seems obvious that libraries are more than materials, there are resources available through libraries that are often not considered within the scope of a collection…

Issues in Women's Studies Collection Development

Esther Stineman

We've been living in a homogenous world, you know a world centered on and seen through the language perceptions of men. The consequences of this for everything that we take for…

A Searching Sequence for College Libraries

Elizabeth Futas

It is important to determine the sequence of bibliographies to be searched for maximum success in correctly identifying books ordered for a college library. Each year, as the…

The Literature of Antitrust Economics

Melissa Carter

Research in the discipline of antitrust economics, which encompasses legal as well as economic aspects, reveals a young and expanding area that has established its own literature…

Free and Inexpensive Materials

Kathleen Weibel

The issues generated by the current reexamination of the role of women in our society have resulted in a media explosion that includes free and inexpensive materials. Keeping up…