Collection Building: Volume 7 Issue 4
Table of contents
Acquisitions Policy in a Developing Economy: A Case Study of Nigerian State (Public) Libraries
Briggs C. NzottaMost literature on acquisitions, as well as on other aspects of librarianship, tends to focus on the developed countries. Automation, the application of the latest technologies…
A Search for Entrepreneurism in the Library
John R. SecorThe focus of this article is on entrepreneurism. More specifically, it is on the search for entrepreneurism in the business of librarianship. When I first thought about this…
A Markov Model Applied to the Circulation of Social Science and Literature Books in a Public Library
David R. KohutUse studies are often important in making decisions about weeding shelves. Circulation records, combined with measures of inhouse use and with more subjective estimations of the…
Where Have All the Women Gone? A Crash Course in Finding Them for YA Librarians
Judith W. MonroeRecently, when I asked a forty year old artist friend if she was interested in women's achievements, she said, with a perfectly straight face, “Which achievements?” She continued…
Newspaper Indexing: In Search of a Solution
Barbara P. SemoncheSummon to your imagination, if you will, the following cast: investigative reporters, information‐hungry patrons, and reference librarians. Then, consider their roles in the…
Book Advertising—Amiable Deception?
What do these declarations share in common? “A passionate menage a½trois in a world of doomed love.” “Sizzling.” “The stuff of real dreams.” “Compelling.” “Permanent pleasures.”…
Minnesota Reviews: What Have We Here?
Joanne HartAs old familiar publishing houses transmogrify into the diversified corporate structure these days, trade books are being contrived in board rooms with markets in mind, with…
Pleasingly Plump—Part 2, Fiction
A recent bestseller by Stephen King, Thinner, is a thriller about a gypsy curse. Billy Halleck, a successful lawyer who is fifty pounds overweight, accidentally sideswipes an old…
FAO Publications
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is an international organization affiliated with the United Nations. It is involved with all aspects of nutrition, agriculture, and…