Collection Building: Volume 25 Issue 2
Table of contents
Africana resources in four selected US academic research libraries
Afeworki Paulos, Robert P. HolleyTo explore the relationship between the importance of African studies programs and the acquisition of African imprint titles in four selected American academic libraries.
A decade of ARL collection development: a look at the data
Michael StollerTo trace patterns of collection development expenditures between 1994 and 2004 among Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) largest and smallest public and private academic…
Library development for Texas A&M at Qatar: maximum access/minimum holdings
Charles L. GilreathTo discuss the challenges of developing a branch library of Texas A&M University Libraries to serve the faculty and students in a new degree‐granting program as part of Education…
From acquisitions to collection management: mere semantics or an expanded framework for libraries?
Kanwal AmeenThe literature on collection development largely discusses all kinds of managerial and practical issues. However, there appear to be gaps in LIS literature regarding tracing the…
Library service at the “paperless” information center
F. Grace XuBy reflecting the historical transition of the University of Southern California (USC) social work departmental library, the article aims to share challenges and solutions of the…