Crash Course in Collection Development - Softcover

Disher, Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591585597 ISBN 13: 9781591585596

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Created for those with little formal LIS training working in small, rural libraries, this guide will also be useful for librarians who are new to this area of service or need to brush up on their skills. In a volume covering everything from community analysis through developing collection policies, librarians will learn how to use reviews to acquire materials as well as to help weed the collection, and get hints for simple repair or rebinding items. Attention is given to marketing the collection to patrons, and to handling censorship issues when collections are challenged. This new entry in the Crash Course Series explaining collection development was created for those with little formal LIS training working in small, rural libraries. The guide will also be useful for librarians who are new to this area of service or need to brush up on their skills. In a volume covering everything from community analysis through developing collection policies, librarians will learn how to use reviews to acquire materials as well as to help weed the collection, how to market the collection to patrons, and how to handle censorship issues when collections are challenged.

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Review

"If you need a book that covers Collection Development 101, then consider Crash Course in Collection Development as a potential resource. . . . I recommend this book for a challenge exam in library collection development as well as for library technicians and paraprofessionals. It is also for those who wish to brush up their knowledge of public library selection processes, what works with collection development policies, and best practices in collection management." - Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services "Disher, a seasoned practitioner and part-time instructor in San Jose State Universitys School of Library and Information Science, speaks primarily to public library staff with little, if any, experience in collection development....Chapters describe how a library might analyze its community as well as assess and evaluate its collection. Other chapters address collection development policies, statistics, budget, selection, acquisition, reviewing sources, the publishing industry, collection maintenance, mending and preserving, and promotion and marketing. The final chapter discusses complaints, challenges, and intellectual-freedom issues. There is no bibliography, but several helpful Web sites are mentioned in the text. Recommended for all public library collections." - Booklist/Professional Reading

Synopsis

This new entry in the "Crash Course" series explaining collection development was created for those with little formal library and information science training and working in small, rural libraries; this guide will also be useful for librarians who are new to this area of service or need to brush up on their skills. From community analysis to developing collection policies, librarians will learn how to use reviews to acquire materials as well as those tools to help weed the collection, how to market the collection to the patrons, and handle censorship issues when collections are challenged.

Edition details

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1591585597
• ISBN 13: 9781591585596
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 196