Collection Building: Volume 33 Issue 4
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The e-Duke Scholarly Collection: e-book v. print use
Cathy GoodwinThe aim of this study is to compare print and e-book use for identical titles in the e-Duke Scholarly Collection (e-DSC) from 2011 to 2013 to determine format preference for a…
Graphic nonfiction: a survey of nonfiction comics
Ken IrwinThis bibliographic essay examines the scope and variety of nonfiction works in comics form with the intent of expanding librarians’ awareness of the diversity of such materials…
American Indians in feature films: beyond the big Screen
Daisy V. DomínguezThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether library collections accurately represent the breadth of portrayals of American Indians in feature film. It also provides collection…
Indie media and digital community collaborations in public libraries
Jen Pecoskie, Heather L. HillThis paper aims to examine the current state of collecting with emphasis on small, independent and local digital media for the purpose of exploring librarians’ tools to develop…
Curating print collections in the digital age
Sean Swanick, Jennifer GarlandPurpose: As collection development in research libraries becomes increasingly homogeneous and “e-preferred”, it is our heritage collections that differentiate us and anchor the…