Collection Building: Volume 5 Issue 2
Table of contents
Microcomputers in Media Centers—Selecting Software
Inabeth MillerThere is no computer topic today more widely discussed, that occupies more pages in the popular and academic journals than computer software. It is said to be sparse, nonexistent…
Home Computers Find A New Home—Public Libraries
Carol A. EmmensPublic libraries across the country are adding a new component to their collections and services: the home computer. Below are several mini “case studies” describing the…
Consider the Source:: Developing Business Collections
John GanlyBusiness activities generate a vast amount of diversified information products. The volume and variation in format, regularity, availability, and content of business information…
Bibliometrics: A Model for Judging Quality
Richard Bruce WarrAs we librarians complete the transition from the affluence of the 1960s to the austerity of the 1980s, we are facing the most creative and challenging era of collection…
Arms Control and Disarmament:: A Bibliographic Essay
Ann H. PollockThe study of arms control and disarmament is a subject of renewed interest in the United States. The attention of academicians, politicians, and average citizens, focused by a…
Publishers Explain: O.P. and O.S. or Why the Acquisition Librarian's Life Is Not a Happy One
Whether trying to find a scientific treatise or a children's book on pencils, the acquisition librarian sooner or later comes to a dead stop before those ubiquitous headaches…
Like Dreamers Do: A Personal, Opinionated Story of a Small Press Review Magazine
Grant BurnsDelmore Schwartz's best‐known short story is called “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities.” Like many small‐press publications, the review journal New Pages began in dreams, chiefly…
Book Distribution: The Publishing Quagmire
Exactly eight weeks apart, two major articles appeared in Publishers Weekly which shed significant light on one of the greatest problems facing the publishing industry, that of…
Balancing Your Science Fiction Collection
Janice M. BogstadAlmost all libraries collect fiction. Of course the nature, scope, and organization of the collection varies with the type of library and its clientele. In this column scholars…
Materials on Acid Precipitation
Across New Hampshire citizens at town meetings are petitioning the federal government to force reductions in sulphur emissions. Canada's film, “Acid from Heaven” is being labeled…