Library Collection Development Policies

Academic, Public, and Special Libraries

Frank Hoffmann (Author) , Richard J. Wood (Author)

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Library Collection Development Policies

Academic, Public, and Special Libraries

Frank Hoffmann (Author) , Richard J. Wood (Author)

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This book represents an ongoing effort to fill the void in the library literature relating to collection development policies. The authors, whose experience each spans four decades as library educators and practitioners, created the book-as well as a forthcoming companion volume devoted to school libraries-to assist both library school students and professionals in the field in the compilation, revision, and implementation of collection development policies. Cutting edge trends such as digital document delivery and library cooperation are also covered. Furthermore, given the premise that a well-rounded policy reflects all activities concerning the collection management process-including the evaluation, selection, acquisition, and weeding of information resources-it is hoped that this work will also prove useful to non-librarians possessing some kind of stake in high quality library holdings, such as library board members, politicians, and administrators directly responsible for library operations, and institutional patrons.

Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 Preface
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 PART 1: COMPONENTS OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Chapter 5 1. Introduction to Collection Development Policy Components
Chapter 6 2. Purpose Statements in Policies
Chapter 7 3. Background Statements in Policies
Chapter 8 4. Responsibility Statements in Policies
Chapter 9 5. Mission, Goal, and Objective Statements in Policies
Chapter 10 6. Target Audience Identification in Policies
Chapter 11 7. Budget Allocation and Funding Statements in Policies
Chapter 12 8. Evaluative Criteria Identified in Policies
Chapter 13 9. Format Statements in Policies
Chapter 14 10. Government Publication Sections in Policies
Chapter 15 11. Treatment of Specific Resources Identified in Policies
Chapter 16 12. Special Collection Statements in Policies
Chapter 17 13. Resource Sharing Statements in Policies
Chapter 18 14. Services Identified in Policies
Chapter 19 15. Selection Aids Identified in Policies
Chapter 20 16. Copyright Statements in Policies
Chapter 21 17. Intellectual Freedom Statements in Policies
Chapter 22 18. Acquisition Methods Identified in Policies
Chapter 23 19. Gift and Exchange Statements in Policies
Chapter 24 20. Collection Maintenance Identified in Policies
Chapter 25 21. Weeding Statements in Policies
Chapter 26 22. Collection Evaluation Sections in Policies
Chapter 27 23. Policy Revision Statements in Policies
Chapter 28 24. Definition of Terms and Glossaries in Policies
Chapter 29 25. Bibliographies in Policies
Chapter 30 26. Appendixes in Policies
Part 31 PART 2: VIRTUAL COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 32 27. Introduction to Virtual Collection Development
Chapter 33 28. Policy Components for Online Electronic Resources
Chapter 34 29. Discussion of Recent Issues
Chapter 35 30. Sample Policies
Chapter 36 31. Resource Sharing in the Digital Age: An Integrative Perspective
Part 37 Appendix A: Inventory of Excerpted Library Policies
Part 38 Appendix B: Intellectual Freedom Statements and Forms
Part 39 Bibliography
Part 40 Index
Part 41 About the Authors

Product details

Published	Aug 25 2005
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	352
ISBN	9780810851801
Imprint	Scarecrow Press
Dimensions	229 x 182 mm
Series	Good Policy Good Practice
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Frank Hoffmann

Author

Richard J. Wood

...examines the typical elements in collection policies (such as evaluative criteria, resource sharing statements, and acquisition methods) and offers many examples of each from academic and special libraries. A section on virtual collections (electronic resources and resource sharing) discusses the issues involved with nontraditional acquisitions.

Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie
The book is well organized and easy to use....an excellent resource for both beginners and experienced collection management professionals....This volume would be a valuable addition to the professional collections of academic, public, and special libraries and is highly recommended.

Reference and User Services Quarterly
Hoffmann (library science, Sam Houston State University) and Wood (director of libraries, U. of South Alabama, Mobile) compile a guide for students and librarians on collection practices, incorporating issues and methods spawned by the internet and electronic publishing. The focus is on university, public, and special libraries; a similar book on school libraries is forthcoming, and both are scions of the 1996 Library Collection Development Policies: A Reference and Writer's Handbook. The first part focuses on creating a "blueprint" for a library's holdings. The second part (which includes a chapter by Jane Pearlmutter on resource sharing) looks at developments in electronic collections. The volume incorporates samples, contact information for libraries whose policies were quoted in the book, and intellectual freedom statements and forms.

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