Collection Management Basics (Library and Information Science Text Series)

Most special libraries have very current collections and, in terms of collection policy, would be considered a level four (research), but without the retrospective element.

By developing and maintaining user interest profiles, the library can continually monitor the information needs and interests of its service population, allowing more effective collection building.

both items of quality and material that reflected what people wanted to read, view, or listen to.

For most, if not all, libraries, demand is the dominant factor.

Information about grade level and effectiveness in the classroom are two crucial concerns for the media specialist.

Dividing this category into three subclasses—scientific and technical, corporate and industrial, and subject and research—allows some useful generalizations.

Each emphasizes providing materials directly tied to teaching requirements, and each uses instructor input in the selection process. An emphasis on current material, with limited retrospective buying,

In small libraries with limited funds, there is strong faculty involvement; sometimes the faculty has sole responsibility for building the collection.

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