Collection Building: Volume 19 Issue 1
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The treatment of gay and lesbian fiction for young adults in selected prominent reviewing media
Paulette M. Rothbauer, Lynne E.F. McKechnieContent analysis was used to determine how a sample of 32 gay and lesbian novels for young adults were treated in 158 reviews from five prominent reviewing journals. Findings…
A method for determining faculty preferences for monographs
Jeffrey D. KushkowskiMethodologies for determining patron preferences for monographs are a neglected area in library literature. This article describes a method for determining faculty preferences for…
Quality assessment of collection development through tiered checklists: can you prove you are a good collection developer?
Russell F. DennisonThe most widely used collection assessment tool is checklisting. Interpretation of checklist studies has usually been by comparison to other libraries or by a subjective response…
Surveying faculty book selection in a comprehensive university library
Hui‐Min KuoAt Kean University, a comprehensive teaching institution, the submission of new library book orders by faculty is a long‐standing practice. In order to identify and assess the…