Collection Building: Volume 30 Issue 1

Transforming special collections through innovative uses for LibGuides

This paper seeks to explore the utility of Springshare's LibGuides platform for special collections repositories and to evaluate the collection guides built by Special & Digital…

The Jewish Studies Book Awards: a collection development strategy for non‐sectarian academic libraries

This paper aims to provide an alternative method of building quality collections for Jewish Studies collection development professionals in small and medium‐sized academic…

Terrorism: a guide to resources

Prior to 9/11, terrorism was subject to political, scholarly, and media debates. A large body of literature on the topic reflected researchers' long‐standing interest in the…

Globalizing children's literature in academic libraries using automatic acquisition

This paper sets out to examine the use of an automatic acquisition plan to acquire international children's award book winners in academic libraries and to offer suggestions for…

Use of e‐journals among research scholars at Central Science Library, University of Delhi

The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which research scholars at Central Science Library, University of Delhi are aware and make use of e‐journals.

Read, describe and share! Building an interactive literary web service: an article about Kirjasampo

This paper aims to describe the development of a fiction web service which will serve as a tool for information searches, and a place for saving and sharing tacit knowledge of and…

Moving Library Collections: A Management Handbook (2nd ed.)

The Innovative School Librarian: Thinking Outside the Box

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