Research Catalog

Title

Fundamentals of collection development & management / Peggy Johnson.

Author

Johnson, Peggy, 1948-

Publication

Chicago : American Library Association, 2004.

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Description

xi, 342 p. : ill., forms; 24 cm.

Summary

Johnson, a librarian at the U. of Minnesota and editor of Technicalities; Information Forum for the Library Services Practitioner, has written a lucid text on the basic concepts of this broad subject. Theoretical concepts are included but not stressed as heavily as information and skills. An initial chapter provides the history of collection management and development and gives a succinct overview of the field. Subsequent chapters describe topics that include organization and staffing, budgets and planning, marketing, electronic resources, and cooperative collection development and management. A case study and exercise, as well as list of selected readings conclude each chapter.

Alternative Title

Fundamentals of collection development and management

Subject

• Collection development (Libraries)
• Collection development (Libraries) > United States
• Collection management (Libraries)
• Collection management (Libraries) > United States
• Library Collection Development
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction to collection management and development -- Organization and staffing -- Policy, planning, and budgets -- Developing collections -- Managing collections -- Marketing, liaison, and outreach activities -- Electronic resources -- Cooperative collection development and management -- Collection analysis : evaluation and assessment.

ISBN

0838908535 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003016815

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Harvard Library