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Public Library Collection Development in the Information Age discusses the increasing amounts of information that are used in collection development. Case studies, interviews, and research offer suggestions to improve your collection methods without straining your library's budget.
Public Library Collection Development in the Information Age will help you acquire the most useful materials while sharing information with collaborating libraries to offer patrons the latest and largest variety of resources.
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Contents Introduction, Community Studies: Raising the Roof and Other Recommendations, The Public Library Planning Process: Its Impact on Collection Development Policies and Practices, Materials Budget Allocation Methods at San Diego County Library, "But We've Always Done It This Way!": Centralized Selection Five Years Later, Five Levels of Vendor-Assisted Collection Development, How the WLN Conspectus Works for Small Libraries, Collection Development in the Information Age: Great Britain's Public Libraries, Making the Internet a Part of the Library's Collection, Cyberselection: The Impact of the Internet on Collection Development in Public Libraries, Selection and Evaluation of Networked Information Resources, Collection Development of Electronic Resources at the Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL), A Catalogue of Catalogs: A Resource for a Small Library So It Can Be the Place to Go for Those Who Need to Know, Gay and Lesbian Library Materials: A Book Selector's Toolkit, Multicultural Children's Literature Selection and Evaluation: Incorporating the World Wide Web, Education for Collection Development in the Electronic Age: With an Emphasis on Public Libraries, Staff Development for Improved Collection Management in a Rapidly Changing and Enhanced Technological Environment: Nashville Public Library's Experience, Index ,
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Annabel Stephens
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Discusses the increasing amounts of information that are used in collection development. This title includes case studies, interviews, and research that offer suggestions to improve your collection methods. It helps you acquire useful materials while sharing information with collaborating libraries to offer patrons largest variety of resources.
