Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management - Softcover

Johnson, Peggy

 
9781856049375: Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
Softcover
ISBN 10: 185604937X ISBN 13: 9781856049375
Publisher: Facet Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

In this sweeping revision of a text that has become an authoritative standard, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art of controlling and updating library collections, whether located locally or accessed remotely. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues. Johnson thoroughly considers:

Traditional management topics such as organization of the collection, weeding, staffing, and policymaking

Maintaining productive relationships with vendors and publishers, and other important purchasing and budgeting topics

The effects of rapidly changing information delivery and access technologies, the evolving needs and expectations of library users, and new roles for subject specialists.

Johnson offers a comprehensive tour of this essential discipline and situates the fundamental ideas of collection development and management in historical and theoretical perspective, bringing this modern classic fully up to date.

Readership: LIS students, library managers and librarians worldwide

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Peggy Johnson

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Publisher
Facet Publishing
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
185604937X
ISBN 13 
9781856049375
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
400

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