Collection Building: Volume 15 Issue 3

Developing a databased budget allocation strategy: The University of Arizona Library experience

Patricia Promís

The library literature provides numerous accounts of the efforts made in libraries ‐ particularly academic libraries ‐ to develop a formula for allocating the materials budget…

Building a retrospective multicultural collection: a practical approach

Ann Pettingill, Pamela Morgan

Examines the contribution of the library to Old Dominion University’s five‐year strategic plan, which targeted cultural diversity as one of its eight objectives and included…

Assessing the functionality of the reference collection

Karen A. Sendi

Explains how reference staff undertook an assessment of the 30,000+ volume collection in an attempt to determine whether materials in the Carlson Library reference collection are…

Building and maintaining an academic library pamphlet collection

Michael J. Aked

Describes how the pamphlet collection at the University of Toledo’s Carlson Library is built and maintained, centering on the Pamphlet Collection Manual, which was specifically…

Mythical animals: a reference pathfinder

Karen Ulric

Provides direction for researchers and collection developers to locate sources of information on mythical, fantastical and symbolic creatures of world folklore and legends and…

Interview with Janet Majilton, Collection Development Officer, Memphis Shelby County Public Library & Information Center

Kay Ann Cassell

Presents: Janet Majilton’s responses to questions covering her role and responsibilities as collection development officer; the County Public Library and Information Center’s…

Rediscovering reference: beyond organizational models to “users rule”

Johannah Sherrer

Discusses the implications of the ever‐changing technological world on the delivery of reference services. Reframes reference service in terms of staff competences, changing…