Acquisitions & collection development books

This book, first published in 1986, describes the weeding process in libraries. Factors affecting the weeding of...  Read More >>

Libraries in Australia and New Zealand struggle with the problems of a print-oriented publishing industry dominated...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1990, reflects the partnership among those who create, produce, distribute, and manage...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1996, explores the role of libraries in acquiring, storing, and disseminating information...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1983, is devoted to a consideration of the contributions monographs make to all types...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1992, establishes a theoretical base for access services while also suggesting connections...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1986, is a comprehensive review of American library cooperative development programs...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1999, discusses the specifics of budgeting for the unpredictable pricing of electronic...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1991, addresses the relationship between acquisitions librarians and the jobbers with...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1993, is a key resource in beginning the task of re-thinking traditional methods of...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1996, analyses the most important and relevant collection development and networking...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1989, discusses the maintenance of a quality collection within a budget while still...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1987, is an essential volume for all library professionals responsible for acquisitions....  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1987, brings together from a variety of sources analysis on the major issues involved...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1999, reveals trends in selecting, acquiring, and accessing electronic journals. It...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1998, examines formal cooperative collection development programs as well as nonformal...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1991, deals with the demanding problems of smaller acquisitions budgets.It takes an...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1990, examines in detail 12 serials departments, both large and small, that experts...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 2002, examines how the transition to electronic resources in academic libraries has...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1939, looks at the collecting, conserving and use of the materials of local history,...  Read More >>

Examines the central role of learners as producers of information, a foundational idea for the metaliteracy framework...  Read More >>

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Helps librarians who are not themselves seasoned gamers to better understand the plethora of gaming products available...  Read More >>

Drawing from her own lived experience, in this guide Dorr shines a light on some of the cultural values that exist...  Read More >>

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows...  Read More >>