Collection Building: Volume 20 Issue 1
Table of contents
Electronic or paper journals? Budgetary, collection development, and user satisfaction questions
Suzanne D. GyeszlyThe escalating price of the rapidly growing number of electronic journals, databases, indexes, and books, along with traditionally published print subscriptions and monographs…
Revitalizing a foreign literature collection
Roberta J. AstroffLocating guidance for developing foreign language collections in academic libraries can be difficult. The author reviews strategies for applying the available advice to…
Libraries without resources: towards personal collections
Bas Savenije, Natalia GrygierczykThe main function of the library of the future is to provide access to electronic sources stored elsewhere. In order to comply with the users’ needs, therefore, flexible license…
Paging a library collection: the Brooklyn College Library experience
Miriam DeutchConstruction of a new library for Brooklyn College required that the collections and staff move out of the existing library building. This move into temporary quarters…