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Author:   Gary E. Gorman ,  Ruth H. Miller
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780313299537

ISBN 10:   0313299536
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   28 January 1997
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction by G.E. Gorman The Future for Collection Management Collection Development and Scholarly Communication in the 21st Century: From Collection Management to Content Management by John M. Budd and Bart M. Harloe The Technological Contribution to Collection Management The Internet and Collection Management in Academic Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges by Thomas E. Nisonger Collection Management and Integrated Library Systems by Mary F. Cassery and Anne C. Ciliberti Selection of Materials in an Electronic Environment Collection Development Policies and Electronic Information Resources by Peggy Johnson The Role of Selection in Collection Development: Past, Present and Future by William S. Monroe Future Practices in Collection Evaluation Collection Development and Performance Measurement by Philip Calvert Integrating the Activities of Librarians and Paraprofessional Workers in Evaluating Academic Library Collections by Sheila S. Intner Electronic Document Delivery and Resource Preservation Electronic Document Delivery Services and Their Impact on Collection Management by Graham P. Cornish The Preservation of Electronic Records: What Do We Do Next? by Ross Harvey Organization and Budgeting for Collection Management Staffing and Organization for Collection Development in a New Century by Bonita Bryant Budgeting for Information Resources: Current Trends and Future Directions by William Fisher and Barbara G. Leonard Cooperative Collection Development and Management The Axioms, Barriers and Components of Cooperative Collection Development by Richard J. Wood Cooperation is the Future of Collection Management and Development: OhioLINK and CIC by Gay N. Dannelly Cooperative Collection Development: Compelling Theory, Inconseqential Results? by Dan C. Hazen The Recent Literature Selected Review of the Literature on Collection Development and Collection Management, 1990-1995 by Ruth H. Miller Index

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This is a useful book, which contains information that will be of value to all collection management practitioners... -The Serials Librarian ... [P]rovides a comprehensive overview of the development of collection management....[S]erves as a valuable staring point for introducing the multiplicity of important issues of the field. -Technical Services Quarterly [W]ritten by a well-known cadre of librarians, library administrators, and library science professionals, these essays are thorough, thoughtful, and well researched. A convenient resource for practicing librarians, this handbook has a wonderful potential as a textbook...Recommended for purchase.... -Library Journal Gorman and Miller have produced an excellent forum for discussion of the issues related to the future of collection development and management....If you are seeking answers to collection management problems to come, this is not the book for you. If you are seeking a clear statement of the questions to be faced and some discussion of potential solutions, this is it! -Collection Management ... �P�rovides a comprehensive overview of the development of collection management....�S�erves as a valuable staring point for introducing the multiplicity of important issues of the field. -Technical Services Quarterly �W�ritten by a well-known cadre of librarians, library administrators, and library science professionals, these essays are thorough, thoughtful, and well researched. A convenient resource for practicing librarians, this handbook has a wonderful potential as a textbook...Recommended for purchase.... -Library Journal ?This is a useful book, which contains information that will be of value to all collection management practitioners...?-The Serials Librarian ?...[P]rovides a comprehensive overview of the development of collection management....[S]erves as a valuable staring point for introducing the multiplicity of important issues of the field.?-Technical Services Quarterly ?[W]ritten by a well-known cadre of librarians, library administrators, and library science professionals, these essays are thorough, thoughtful, and well researched. A convenient resource for practicing librarians, this handbook has a wonderful potential as a textbook...Recommended for purchase....?-Library Journal ?Gorman and Miller have produced an excellent forum for discussion of the issues related to the future of collection development and management....If you are seeking answers to collection management problems to come, this is not the book for you. If you are seeking a clear statement of the questions to be faced and some discussion of potential solutions, this is it!?-Collection Management ?This is a well-organized handbook that accomplishes the editors' intent to serve as a benchmark for future thinking in collection management. Eighteen leading authors offer a full range of relevant topics....[W]ith the results a forward-looking, significant work that encompasses the major trends and challenges for the profession....Many texts in collection development focus on the basics and this worthy addition to the literature considers in depth collection management issues for the future....[H]ighly recommended and most useful for librarians in academic settings.?-Technicalities .,. [P]rovides a comprehensive overview of the development of collection management....[S]erves as a valuable staring point for introducing the multiplicity of important issues of the field. -Technical Services Quarterly This is a well-organized handbook that accomplishes the editors' intent to serve as a benchmark for future thinking in collection management. Eighteen leading authors offer a full range of relevant topics....[W]ith the results a forward-looking, significant work that encompasses the major trends and challenges for the profession....Many texts in collection development focus on the basics and this worthy addition to the literature considers in depth collection management issues for the future....[H]ighly recommended and most useful for librarians in academic settings. -Technicalities

This is a well-organized handbook that accomplishes the editors' intent to serve as a benchmark for future thinking in collection management. Eighteen leading authors offer a full range of relevant topics....[W]ith the results a forward-looking, significant work that encompasses the major trends and challenges for the profession....Many texts in collection development focus on the basics and this worthy addition to the literature considers in depth collection management issues for the future....[H]ighly recommended and most useful for librarians in academic settings. -Technicalities

Author Information

G.E. GORMAN is Director of the Centre for Information Studies at Charles Sturt University-Riverina. His special interest is in the areas of collection development, collection management, and research methods. He is the author of several textbooks in these areas, and of more than 70 articles in such journals as Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, Libri, Serials Librarian, Asian Libraries, Australian Library Review, and Australian Academic and Research Libraries. He is also the author of Theological and Religious Reference Materials: General Resources and Biblical Studies (1984), Theological and Religious Reference Materials: Systematic Theology and Church History (1985), and Theological and Religious Reference Materials: Practical Theology (1986), all published by Greenwood Press. RUTH H. MILLER is Coordinator for Collection Development and Access in the Library at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She was previously Head of the Department of Collection Development and Preservation at Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University. Her articles have appeared in Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, College and Research Libraries, Library Resources and Technical Services, and other professional journals.

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