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Guide to cooperative collection development / Subcommittee on Guide to Cooperative Collection Development, Administration of Collection Development Committee, Collection Management and Development Section, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ; Bart Harloe, editor.

Title
Guide to cooperative collection development / Subcommittee on Guide to Cooperative Collection Development, Administration of Collection Development Committee, Collection Management and Development Section, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ; Bart Harloe, editor.
Author
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. Collection Management and Development Section. Subcommittee on Guide to Cooperative Collection Development.
Publication
Chicago : American Library Association, 1994.

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Additional Authors
Harloe, Bart.
Description
vii, 35 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Guides those institutions exploring cooperative collection development through assessing their viability and identifying issues that need to be addressed while helping librarians and administrators to initiate the cooperative collection process and develop the principles, policies, and operating procedures that are essential to successfully maintaining a cooperative collection development program. A vital reference for veteran cooperative collection development administrators as well as for those library administrators wanting to make the most of the scarce collection development dollars and please their patrons at the same time.
Series Statement
Collection management and development guides ; no. 6
Uniform Title
Collection management and development guides
Subject
  • Collection development (Libraries) > United States
  • Library cooperation > United States
  • Collection development (Libraries)
  • Library Collection Development
  • Développement des collections (Bibliothèques) > États-Unis
  • Coopération entre bibliothèques > États-Unis
  • Développement des collections (Bibliothèques)
  • collection development
  • Library cooperation
  • Coördinatie van de collectievorming
  • Bibliothèques > Gestion des collections > États-Unis
  • United States
  • Stock
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-35).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface -- Introduction: Purpose of guide -- Need for guide -- Scope of guide -- Audience of guide -- Assumptions for the guide -- Benefits of cooperation -- Challenges of cooperation -- Types of collection development cooperatives: Membership types -- Varieties of cooperative collection development -- Planning the agreement -- Elements and implementation of the agreement -- Strengthening collective resources and improving access among participants -- Appendix: Directory of selected collection development cooperatives -- Glossary -- Bibliography.
ISBN
  • 0838934447
  • 9780838934449
LCCN
94020851
OCLC
30594625
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library