Collection Building: Volume 13 Issue 1
Table of contents
Tracing Interdisciplinarity in Contemporary Historiography Using SSCI: The Case of Toynbee, McNeill, and Braudel
Jean‐Pierre V.M. Herubel, Anne L. BuchananTwentieth‐century historiography has undergone major changes since the days of Leopold Von Ranke and his scientific history. As the social sciences have gained a foothold in…
Audiovisual Programs Related to Preservation: A Mediagraphy
Joseph W. PalmerThe growing interest in sharing information about the preservation of library and archival material has resulted in the production of numerous audiovisual programs on the subject…
Let's Make Sure We Are Not Part of the Problem: A Librarian's Lament
Ed BuisAs a collection development librarian at a mid‐size academic library, I work with university faculty to build the various collections. Librarians and university teaching faculty…
Political Correctness: The Great Debate
Dario J. Villa, Sara C. SchwarzPolitical correctness, also known as “PC,” has generated much discussion on both the Right and the Left. The greatest debate comes from college campuses. Political correctness…
Meeting Modern Demands of Collection Evaluation: A New Approach
Sushella N. RaoAccording to an old saying, the best library in the world is one that is empty, for all its books have been borrowed. But modern libraries are bursting with books and other…
Guide to Social Service Directories
Monica A. OllendorffThis is a selective guide to social service agencies in the U.S. which publish directories of their services. It is meant to assist collection developers in public, academic, and…
Hot Stuff: Getting Sex in the Library
In either 1960 or '61, when I worked in the Acquisitions Department at the D.C Public Library, the Director killed an order for the recently‐published, unexpurgated edition of…
Alternative Sex: Some 'Zines, Comics, Books, and Sources
Chris DodgeThe following list focuses on, but is not limited to, lesser‐known printed publications which feature writing and images about sex and sexual politics. Besides representing a fair…
Small Presses at ABA
I have been attending the American Booksellers Association Convention for several years. This annual convention, usually held over Memorial Day weekend, attracts booksellers and…
Tragic Losses, but the Music Continues
Moanin'; Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blue Note CDP 7 46516 2. Even though this reissue was released several years ago, please get it into your library's collections as…