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Informationen zum Autor Linda S Katz Klappentext Selecting Materials for Library Collections takes you step-by-step through the process of planning, building, and maintaining a quality library collection. This timely guide addresses the interests and concerns of academic and public libraries with expert advice on budgets, policies, and planning. The book examines print, non-print, and Internet selection resources, including the OCLC WorldCat Database and ACQNET-L. It also looks at approval plans, the New Thought movement, international core title acquisition, selection techniques for a variety of specialty libraries?and more?to help you keep any collection relevant and up-to-date! Zusammenfassung A monograph published simultaneously as the Acquisitions Librarian, Vol. 16, Nos. 31/32. Provides the tools you need to keep your library collection current. Takes a step-by-step walk through the process of planning, building, and maintaining a quality library collection. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Dilemmas in Balancing a University Literature Collection (David Isaacson) Selection of Music Materials (Stephen Luttmann) Selecting and Acquiring Art Materials in the Academic Library: Meeting the Needs of the Studio Artist (Elizabeth A. Lorenzen) Native American Resources: A Model for Collection Development (Rhonda Harris Taylor and Lotsee Patterson) Selecting and Acquiring Library Materials for Chinese Studies in Academic Libraries (Karen T. Wei) Routes to Roots: Acquiring Genealogical and Local History Materials in a Large Canadian Public Library (Arthur G. W. McClelland) Building a Dental Sciences Collection in a General Academic Library (Eva Stowers and Gillian Galbraith) Nursing: Tools for the Selection of Library Resources (Janet W. Owens) Acquisitions for Academic Medical and Health Sciences Librarians (Susan Suess) Collection Development in Public Health: A Guide to Selection Tools (Lisa C. Wallis) Selection in Exercise, Sport and Leisure (Mary Beth Allen) Collection Development in a Maritime College Library (Jane Brodsky Fitzpatrick) Collecting the Dismal Science: A Selective Guide to Economics Information Sources (Deborah Lee) Collection Development Challenges for the 21st Century Academic Librarian (Susan Herzog) Crossing Boundaries: Selecting for Research, Professional Development and Consumer Education in an Interdisciplinary Field, the Case of Mental Health (Patricia Pettijohn) Retrospective Collection Development: Selecting a Core Collection for Research in New Thought (John T. Fenner and Audrey Fenner) Stop the Technology, I Want to Get Off: Tips and Tricks for Media Selection and Acquisition (Mary S. Laskowski) The Approval Plan: Selection Aid, Selection Substitute (Audrey Fenner) Index Reference Notes Included ...
