Research Catalog

Title

Collection development in the digital age / edited by Maggie Fieldhouse and Audrey Marshall.

Publication

London : Facet Publishing, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fieldhouse, Margaret.
• Marshall, Audrey.

Description

xx, 235 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Over the years there has been profound changes in how library collections are developed and managed. Digital resources are increasingly central to collections. This collection is cross-sectoral and international in scope, drawing together the perspectives of practitioners and academics at the forefront of modern collection development.

Subject

• Amerika Haus Berlin Video Lending Library
• Collection development (Libraries)
• Bestandsaufbau
• Bibliothek
• Library Collection Development

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The concept and practice of collection development: Concept of collection development in the digital world / Sheila Corrall ; Processes of collection management / Maggie Fieldhouse -- Trends in the development of e-resources: An overview of e-resources in UK further and higher education / David House ; Supporting online collections : the role of online journals in a university collection / Jane Harvell ; Electronic books in academic libraries : a case study in Liverpool, UK / Terry Bucknell ; E-book collection development in public libraries : a case study of the Essex experiment / Martin Palmer ; Stewardship and curation in a digital world / Bradley Daigle -- Trends in library supply: Managing suppliers for collection development : the UK higher education perspective / David Ball ; Outsourcing in public libraries : placing collection management in the hands of a stranger? / Diana Edmonds ; Open access / David Brown ; Collection development and institutional repositories / Josh Brown -- Making and keeping your collection efective: Collection development policies for the digital age / Wendy Shaw ; Information literacy for the academic librarian in the digital information age : supporting users to make effective use of the collection / Tracy Mitrano and Karrie Peterson ; Supporting users to make effective use of the collection / Ruth Stubbings ; Engaging with the user community to make your collection work effectively : a cast study of a partnership-based, multi-campus UK medical school / Jil Fairclough.

ISBN

• 9781856047463 (pbk.)
• 1856047466 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 702615613
• SCSB-11220818

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library