Selecting Materials for Library Collections

Linda S Katz

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9781136398957
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Strategies and tools to help you plan, build, and maintain your library collection!

Selecting Materials for Library Collections takes you step-by-step through the process of planning, building, and maintaining a quality library collection. This up-to-date 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. You'll find valuable information you can apply right away to help you keep any collection relevant and up-to-date!

Selecting Materials for Library Collections provides the tools you need to keep your library collection current. Seasoned experts share their thoughts on how to analyze your users' expectations and then provide them with the materials they need. The contributors also examine the selection aids that they use in their own acquisitions work and then look at how to achieve a balanced collection that efficiently serves their clients' needs. Supplementary reading lists and extensive bibliographies provide you with additional resources.

Selecting Materials for Library Collections presents the latest information on:

• using print, non-print, and Internet selection resources such as OCLC WorldCat database and ACQNET-L
• initial collection assessment and decision making
• collection tool evaluations
• acquiring international core titles
• the New Thought movement
• approval plansset-up, maintenance, and evaluation
• the newest technology for media selection
• specialized library collections in music, art, business, economics, health, sports, leisure, and more

Index

Page numbers followed by t indicate tables.

A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Recordings, 17

A Bibliography of Native American Writers

1172-1924, 44

1172-1924: A Supplement, 44

A Christian Science Library, 196

A Guide to the Core Journals of China, 59

A Major Report, 92

A Perfect Storm, 137

A Tool Kit of Links and Documents for Collection Development and Management Librarians, 154

AAHPERD. See American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)

AbeBooks, 24,36

ABI-Inform, 142,143

ABS. See American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Abstract(s), for selection of library materials for exercise, sport, and leisure, 125–126

Academic libraries

art materials for, selection and acquisition of,27–39. See also Art materials, in academic libraries, selection and acquisition of

Chinese studies in, selection and acquisition of library materials for,55–65. See also Chinese studies, in academic libraries, selection and acquisition of library materials for

dental sciences collection in, building of,77–88. See alsoDental sciences collection, in general academic library, building of

ephemeral works for, 5

funding of, 32–33

new formats for, 32–33

Academic medical and health sciences librarians, acquisitions for, 101–109

electronic/online formats in, 107–108

growth rates in, 104–105

hospital libraries in, 108

introduction to, 101–103

journals in, 107

overview of, 106–107

Academic Press, 125

Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health, 112

ACQNET-L: The Acquisitions Librarians Electronic Network, 159–160

Acquisitions, 152

AcqWeb, 146,153

AcqWeb’s Directory of Collection Development Policies on the Web, 152

AcqWeb’s Publisher Web Sites: Subject Directory, 154

ACRL. See Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

ACSM. See American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Actual-Practice Model, 42

historical background of, 47–49

ADA. See American Dental Association (ADA)

Affiliated New Thought Network, address and web address for, 202

Ageline, 166

AHA. See American H...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Dilemmas in Balancing a University Literature Collection
• Selection of Music Materials
• Selecting and Acquiring Art Materials in the Academic Library: Meeting the Needs of the Studio Artist
• Native American Resources: A Model for Collection Development
• Selecting and Acquiring Library Materials for Chinese Studies in Academic Libraries
• Routes to Roots: Acquiring Genealogical and Local History Materials in a Large Canadian Public Library
• Building a Dental Sciences Collection in a General Academic Library
• Nursing: Tools for the Selection of Library Resources
• Acquisitions for Academic Medical and Health Sciences Librarians
• Collection Development in Public Health: A Guide to Selection Tools
• Selection in Exercise, Sport and Leisure
• Collection Development in a Maritime College Library
• Collecting the Dismal Science: A Selective Guide to Economics Information Sources
• Collection Development Challenges for the 21st Century Academic Librarian
• Crossing Boundaries: Selecting for Research, Professional Development and Consumer Education in an Interdisciplinary Field, the Case of Mental Health
• Retrospective Collection Development: Selecting a Core Collection for Research in “New Thought”
• Stop the Technology, I Want to Get Off: Tips and Tricks for Media Selection and Acquisition
• The Approval Plan: Selection Aid, Selection Substitute
• Index