Collection Building: Volume 12 Issue 1/2
Table of contents
The Vertical File: An Overview and Guide
Dorothy S. JacobsCall it a vertical file, an information file, a pamphlet file, or give it any one of a number of more creative titles. Regardless of its name, this file is likely to be the place…
Scholar or Librarian? How Academic Libraries' Dualistic Concept of the Bibliographer Affects Recruitment
John HaarThe early 1990s are not the best of times to operate an academic library collection management unit. Financial woes abound: the escalating cost of materials (particularly…
Term Paper Counseling: A Unique Way of Collection Development
Joyce C. WrightLet me begin by quoting an undergraduate student who recently visited the Term Paper Counseling Desk at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign.
Term Paper Counseling in Academic Libraries: The Caribbean Studies Example
Nelly S. GonzalezThe undergraduate curricula of a large academic institution are varied, extensive, and interdisciplinary. It is the academic library's task to support these curricula and to…
A CARL Model for Cooperative Collection Development in a Regional Consortium
Donnice Cochenour, Joel S. RutsteinLawrence Clark Powell's words describe the premise of this article:
Toward a Poetics for Collecting Poetry by Women
Corri Elizabeth WellsTo a certain extent the history of women's poetry in America is a tale of confinements,” writes Alicia Ostriker in the opening chapter of Stealing the Language: The Emergence of…
Library Acquisitions and Economic Recovery in West Africa
Marcel C. ObiagwuIn the past decade, most countries in the West African subregion have been caught in an economic stranglehold, with foreign exchange scarcity, capital flight, and general…
Alzheimer's Disease A Selective Bibliography of United States Government Documents
Catherine M. DwyerIn 1906 a German doctor, Louis Alzheimer, first recognized the brain abnormalities that are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. These abnormalities include clumps of dead brain…
Libraries and the Middle East
Noha IsmailIn a democracy, most major issues of public importance are influenced by public debate. We have seen this dynamic at work in debates over equal rights for minorities and women…
Bibliography: Jewish/Palestinian Middle East Peace Perspectives
Lisa AlbrechtThis semi‐annotated bibliography (with a focus on feminist activist work) is a project I continually revise. Therefore, please view it as incomplete. If you have any additions…
Small Literary Presses
Small literary presses have come into their own. Many have been in business for a number of years. One indication of their success is that their titles are now considered for…
Collecting Jazz — and More
Beginning in this issue, the Music Notes column will review recommended selections of mainly—but not limited to—jazz CDs. Good collecting and good listening!