Library Collection Development Policy
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frank W. Hoffmann
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780810851801
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book represents an ongoing effort to fill the void in the library literature relating to collection development policies. The authors, whose experience each spans four decades as library educators and practitioners, created the book--as well as a forthcoming companion volume devoted to school libraries--to assist both library school students and professionals in the field in the compilation, revision, and implementation of collection development policies. Cutting edge trends such as digital document delivery and library cooperation are also covered. Furthermore, given the premise that a well-rounded policy reflects all activities concerning the collection management process--including the evaluation, selection, acquisition, and weeding of information resources--it is hoped that this work will also prove useful to non-librarians possessing some kind of stake in high quality library holdings, such as library board members, politicians, and administrators directly responsible for library operations, and institutional patrons.
Author: Vicki L. Gregory
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2019-07-03
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0838917127
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Packed with discussion questions, activities, suggested additional references, selected readings, and many other features that speak directly to students and library professionals, Gregory’s Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections is a comprehensive handbook that also shares myriad insightful ideas and approaches valuable to experienced practitioners. This new second edition brings an already stellar text fully up to date, presenting top-to-bottom coverage of the impact of new technologies and developments on the discipline, including discussion of e-books, open access, globalization, self-publishing, and other trends; needs assessment, policies, and selection sources and processes; budgeting and fiscal management; collection assessment and evaluation; weeding, with special attention paid to electronic materials; collaborative collection development and resource sharing; marketing and outreach; self-censorship as a component of intellectual freedom, professional ethics, and other legal issues; diversity and ADA issues; preservation; and the future of the field. Additional features include updated vendor lists, samples of a needs assessment report, a collection development policy, an approval plan, and an electronic materials license.
Author: Kay Ann Cassell
Publisher: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781555700607
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This manual offers help in the development of library collections in the form of logical step-by-step methodologies. The text includes planning and preparing for collection development, gathering and evaluating information and writing the collection development policy.
Author: American Library Association
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 16
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Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jennifer Downey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2017-07-25
Total Pages: 210
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A fascinating and informative read for librarians, library staff, and MLIS students, this book offers practical information and professional guidelines to examine current issues in censorship and libraries while also enabling readers to consider their own opinions about intellectual freedom. This book addresses contemporary issues in censorship and intellectual freedom and can serve as an invaluable resource for librarians and other library staff and as an eye-opening read for MLIS students. It covers the waterfront of intricate and thorny issues regarding intellectual freedom, including determining strategies for patron privacy, deciding how to filter public computers, handling challenges to items in a collection, and recognizing and eliminating under-the-radar self-censorship during collection development and weeding. Readers will also gain an understanding of the perils of over-reliance on community assessments and other evaluative tools and consider important concerns of public library employees, such as whether to restrict borrowing privileges of R-rated movies and M-rated video games to patrons of various ages, and the legalities that surround these questions. Each chapter blends instructive background narrative with practical advice, research findings, and relevant information about librarianship's professional guidelines, including the ALA's Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read Statement. Vignettes, "what would you do?" examples, effective nonconfrontational techniques for conflict resolution, and lists of tips and traps help readers to think critically about their own biases and rehearse possible responses to controversial situations. Librarians, library staff, and MLIS students can use this book for personal professional development, as supplemental reading for MLIS courses or professional training workshops, or as a resource for library policy-planning discussions.
Author: Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Daniel C Mack
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-12-22
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1136796959
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Get the tools you need to build a collection development policy that will help your library run efficiently—today and in the future! Considering the amount and variety of topics being published, effectively organizing and guiding a library in today’s accelerated world is no easy task. Collection Development Policies: New Direct
Author: Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2015-07-01
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 0838913253
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Collecting several key documents and policy statements, this supplement to the ninth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual traces a history of ALA’s commitment to fighting censorship. An introductory essay by Judith Krug and Candace Morgan, updated by OIF Director Barbara Jones, sketches out an overview of ALA policy on intellectual freedom. An important resource, this volume includes documents which discuss such foundational issues as The Library Bill of RightsProtecting the freedom to readALA’s Code of EthicsHow to respond to challenges and concerns about library resourcesMinors and internet activityMeeting rooms, bulletin boards, and exhibitsCopyrightPrivacy, including the retention of library usage records