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The International Yearbook of Library and Information Management is a newly commissioned thematic, refereed annual covering emerging trends, best practice, and future scenarios in the broad field of library science and information management. The inaugural volume of this authoritative new publication provides a timely and forward-looking focus on the theme of collection management. This broad subject area will be examined from a variety of perspectives including a narrative bibliography on the topic supported by a range of 18 historical, analytical, evaluative and provocative essays that tell us where we have been, where we are, and where we seem to be going. Topics addressed include people, principles, and problems; electronic publications, access, and acquisitions; co-operative collection management; evaluation and weeding; and preservation and archives. Contributors are an internationally respected panel of researchers, practitioners, and academics.

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The value of International Yearbook...lies in the fact that it caters for a variety of LIS circumstances, ranging from highly developed electronic environments to developing countries battling with meagre budgets...International Yearbook offers sufficient food for thought and stimulation to address the problematic issues that may arise in the future...well-researched...excellently edited...highly recommended for anybody interested in keeping up with developments in the field of collection management. The Electronic Library The Yearbook is intended as essential reading for librarians and other information professionals; it is based on research, practice and reflection. As challenging scholarly reading for practitioners, it should be included in every academic library. Collection Building This Yearbook displays the unity of purpose, consistency and broad, complementary coverage which one hopes for in a Yearbook...In short, [the] new International yearbook belongs in every serious professional collection. The 2001-2002 yearbook will cover 'Information services in an electronic environment'; if it meets the standard of its predecessor, it will be exemplary. Australian Academic and Research Libraries This is an excellent book, full of well-researched, scholarly chapters written by international leaders in the field of collection management...If you are looking for a well-rounded volume that provides a good survey of the issues around which collection management defines itself, then this is the source for you...Bravo to this inaugural compilation! Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services

The value of International Yearbook...lies in the fact that it caters for a variety of LIS circumstances, ranging from highly developed electronic environments to developing countries battling with meagre budgets...International Yearbook offers sufficient food for thought and stimulation to address the problematic issues that may arise in the future...well-researched...excellently edited...highly recommended for anybody interested in keeping up with developments in the field of collection management. The Electronic Library The Yearbook is intended as essential reading for librarians and other information professionals; it is based on research, practice and reflection. As challenging scholarly reading for practitioners, it should be included in every academic library. Collection Building This Yearbook displays the unity of purpose, consistency and broad, complementary coverage which one hopes for in a Yearbook...In short, [the] new International yearbook belongs in every serious professional collection. The 2001-2002 yearbook will cover 'Information services in an electronic environment'; if it meets the standard of its predecessor, it will be exemplary. Australian Academic & Research Libraries This is an excellent book, full of well-researched, scholarly chapters written by international leaders in the field of collection management...If you are looking for a well-rounded volume that provides a good survey of the issues around which collection management defines itself, then this is the source for you...Bravo to this inaugural compilation! Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services

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G.E. Gorman is Professor of Library and Information Management at the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington, editor of Asian Libraries and associate editor of Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services.

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