Collection Building: Volume 11 Issue 2

Case Studies in Collection Development: Setting An Agenda for Future Research

Diana Gonzalez‐Kirby

Open‐ended interviews with bibliographers and the Assistant Director of Collection Development at the University of Miami (Florida) Richter Library reveal personal attributes and…

Killing Us With Kindness or What To Do With Those Gifts

Ed Buis

As librarians increasingly concentrate on planned collection development, gift material may distract from specific selection goals. Marginal gifts — donated materials that are…

Reviewing United States History Monographs: A Bibliometric Survey

Steven R. Kirby

The British scholar S.C. Bradford first showed that the dispersion of periodical articles on a subject follows a predictable pattern. Based on his study of the literature of…

The Vertical File Index. A Role To Play, A Contribution To Make

Katherine Dahl

While books and periodicals dominate the collections of most libraries, they do have a poor second cousin. Pamphlets and vertical file material have worth and value to a library…

Research Journal Usage by the Forestry Faculty at the University of Florida, Gainesville

Stephanie C. Haas, Kate Lee

The mission of the Department of Forestry at the University of Florida, Gainesville “is to provide high quality programs that develop and disseminate knowledge, and result in…

Collection Development Policies

Kay Ann Cassell, Elizabeth Futas

In order to develop a collection and a collection development policy, data must be gathered and representatives of the library and community must be consulted. This is not…

U.S. Documents For Library Professionals

Few librarians think of U.S. documents as a source for professional reading, growth, and information, yet several agencies of the government are involved with library programs…

The Charles H. Kerr Company: Books To Change the World

David Cochran

One of the most colorful and free‐spirited publishers in U.S. history, the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company of Chicago has also made an impressive mark on that history. As this…

On Poetry in the Library

Poetry has often taken a back seat in library collections. Many librarians do not feel competent to make selections of poetry volumes. When they do, they often find that poetry is…