Collection Building: Volume 11 Issue 4

Undergraduate Use of Four Library Collections: Format and Age of Materials

Gloriana St. Clair, Rose Mary Magrill

Anyone who has tried to review studies relating to use of academic libraries may argue that a great deal of research exists on college students and how they use their libraries…

Needs Analysis and Collection Development Policies for Culturally Diverse Populations

G. Edward Evans

Readers of this article probably do not need convincing of the importance of building library collections for diverse populations; some readers will also know how time consuming…

Vertical Files: A Bulletin Board Source

Carol Smallwood

Building a great vertical file collection means building a great resource for library bulletin board displays. Since bulletin boards need an endless supply of new ideas and…

Pathfinder: Developing a Male Gay Identity

Steven D. Harsin

Most young men who are homosexual are not raised in an environment in which homosexual development is even recognized, much less encouraged. It is not unusual for men who have…

People of Color: A List of Periodicals

Chris Dodge

An earlier version of this list was developed in conjunction with a program held at the 1990 conference of the Minnesota Library Association (“Racism: What Can Libraries Do?”)…

The Korean War Revisited: A Selective Bibliography of U.S. Government Documents

Catherine M. Dwyer

On June 27,1950 President Truman ordered American air and naval forces to South Korea to provide support in that country's defense against the North Koreans. By June 30 U.S…

Multicultural Anthologies

Anthologies are an important contribution to literature from small presses. They are often collections with a theme used as a way of introducing new writers and new subjects…