Collection Building: Volume 8 Issue 4
Table of contents
Archives and Manuscripts: Historical Antecedents to Contemporary Chicano Collections
Salvador G¨ereñaPossibly one of the greatest misconceptions about Chicano historiography is the view that published intellectual writings by Chicanos are of recent vintage, traceable only over…
Quantitative Approaches to Qualitative Collection Assessment
Mark SandlerIn recent years there has been increased recognition of the need for both descriptive and analytical data about library collections. Coordinated efforts like the RLG Conspectus…
British Approval Plan Books: American or British Vendor?
Anthony W. FergusonA number of factors contribute to the need for collection developers to reexamine the use of British dealers for British books: fluctuations in the value of the American dollar…
Collection Assessment in the 1980s
Mark L. GroverA prominent field of research in Library Science during the past thirty years has been collection assessment of college and university libraries. No other subject has received the…
What Ever Happened to the Home Library?
There is nothing like having your own books and magazines about the house; in fact some depend more upon their own collection than the one found in the library. The preference may…
Gypsies in Our Libraries
Ian HancockWhen the Library of Congress (LC) Subject Cataloging Division defended its decision last year to continue using “Gypsy” as its principal heading on the grounds that it was better…
The First Annual Melvil Booby Awards
Many of us who are involved in the business of purchasing books for library collections have long recognized the need to reward singular achievements on the part of those…
United States Federal Government Documents on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Scott G. BurghAs the disease of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) continues to affect more persons, the literature on AIDS proliferates. While most of the AIDS literature is written…