Collection Building: Volume 24 Issue 1

Building library collections: it's still about the user

Michael Stoller

To address the need for dialogue between librarians, teachers and scholars in research institutions, as the information environment becomes increasingly complex.

Access policies and licensing issues in research libraries

Tony Horava

This paper discusses the importance of incorporating licensing issues in access policies for electronic resources in research libraries. The implications for patron understanding…

Poets House Showcase 2004: suggested titles

Tim Kindseth, Michael Romanos

This annotated list represents a selection of outstanding poetry titles published in the USA in 2003 and the early part of 2004.

Industry standards in ARL libraries: electronic and on‐demand

Lorraine J. Pellack

Little is known about the current state of industry standards subscriptions in US libraries. In this age of electronic access and tightening budgets, many libraries are…

ANSI standards: creating a local, searchable database

Norma J. Dowell

To review the history behind and steps taken to inventory and build search/edit modules for a database containing the Iowa State University Library's extensive collection of…

Collection development policies in university libraries: a space for reflection

Barbara Susana Sanchez Vignau, Grizly Meneses

To identify the necessary components in the formulation of collection development policies.