Collection Building: Volume 9 Issue 3/4
Table of contents
Organization of Collection Development and Management In Academic Libraries
Carolyn BucknallAcademic librarians are being bombarded with an accelerating stream of news: new services, new public relations, new information formats, new technologies and new catalogs have…
Information Policies for Collection Development Librarians
Joseph J. BraninBeware of “Info‐Smoke” warns Art Plotnick in a recent American Libraries editorial. It clouds the meaning and purpose of libraries by embroiling them in the “world's hottest…
Budgeting for Collection Development: A Suggestion
Richard RingTowards the middle of The Name of the Rose Adso of Melk realizes that “not infrequently books speak of books.… In the light of this reflection, the library seemed all the more…
Cooperative Collection Development Equals Collaborative Interdependence
Paul H. MosherResource sharing or cooperative collection development among American libraries is not new; history reveals waves of cooperative spirit over many decades. Librarians in the United…
Collection Evaluation in the Research Library
Ferne B. HymanAmong many unflattering characterizations of librarians is the one that accuses us of wishing to keep our collections neat, clean and in proper order on the shelves. That is, not…
Preservation and Collection Management: Some Common Concerns
Margaret M. ByrnesAwareness of the integral and necessary relationship between collection management and development and preservation programs has been increasing in recent years. At long last…
Information Technologies and Collection Development
Jutta Reed‐ScottPerhaps the most striking characteristic of today's information environment is the pace of technological innovation. The phenomenal increase in computer memory capacity and speed…
Developing Serials Collections in the 1990s
Sara C. Heitshu, J. Travis LeachManaging the serials portion of collection development in research libraries demands the wisdom of Solomon and the patience of Job. The difficulties presented by variations in…
A Museum of the Book
R.H. SuperThe Modern Language Association of America recently sent a circular to all its members, beginning, “Where would you look if you wanted to find articles, written in Spanish…
Alexandria Revisited: Another Look at Space and Growth
Sheila DowdA little over a decade ago, a major library problem was formulated in arresting and witty terms. The growth of library collections, and the consequent pressure for growth of…