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Based on papers presented at the 1998 conference Collection Development in a Digital Environment: Digital Information, Internet, and Print Materials, this informative volume gives library professionals new solutions to collection development problems in this digital age. Helping you and your library take the lead in advancing the academic agenda through technology and how to change library operations for this technology to work, Collection Development in a Digital Environment keeps you up-to-date on the best ways to easily provide patrons with the information they need.
List of contents
Introduction (Sul H. Lee) Chaos Breeds Life: Finding Opportunities for Library Advancement During A Period of Collection Schizophrenia (James G. Neal) By the Dawn?s Early Light (Milton T. Wolf) Collection Development and Professional Ethics (Kenneth Frazier) Making the Wild Wind Visible: Information Technology in a Brave New World (Dennis Dillon) Building the Global Collection --World Class Collection Development: A Chronicle of the AAU/ARL Global Resources Program (Mary Case and Deborah Jakubs) Scenario Planning and Collection Development (Joan Giesecke) Role of the Aggregator in the Emerging Electronic Environment (Kathleen Born) Digital Information and the Subscription Agent as Information Coach (Kit Kennedy) Index Reference Notes Included
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Sul H Lee
