Crash Course in Collection Development, 2nd Edition

by Wayne Disher

Overview

This professional volume covers all aspects of collection development and management in the public library, from gathering statistics to design a collection that meets community needs, to selecting materials, managing vendor relations, understanding the publishing industry, and handling complaints. Author Wayne Disher provides public librarians—especially those without the benefit of academic training—access to the tools to make them successful, and their collections beneficial to the public they serve.

The second edition features two new chapters on digital curation and cooperative collection development. Additional updates include helpful information on infographics, more budgeting formulas, and a section on core collections, as well as content covering eBooks, electronic storage, and digital rights management. Chapters discuss subjects such as marketing the collection to patrons, book repair, and handling censorship issues when collections are challenged.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610698146
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/26/2014
Series:	Crash Course
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	139
Sales rank:	636,309
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Wayne Disher is professor of library and information science at San Jose State University. He is a former president of the California Library Association.

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Library Collections

Chapter 2: The Library and Its Community

Chapter 3: Collection Assessment and Evaluation

Chapter 4: Collection Development Policies

Chapter 5: Statistics for Collection Developers

Chapter 6: Managing Collection Budgets

Chapter 7: Selecting Library Materials

Chapter 8: Reviews and Reviewing Sources

Chapter 9: Acquisitions

Chapter 10: The Publishing Industry

Chapter 11: Collection Maintenance

Chapter 12: Mending and Preserving

Chapter 13: Collection Promotion and Merchandising

Chapter 14: Handling Complaints about the Collection

Chapter 15: Collections for the Digital Age

Conclusion

Index

Editorial Reviews

Public librarians and staff with collection development responsibilities would benefit most from this book, but those in other types of libraries would benefit as well. It is a well-rounded text about collection development and many basic principles, such as collection assessment and evaluation, collection development policies, budgets, selecting for your unique audience, utilizing reviews and reviewing sources, and mending and preserving. It would also serve as a good textbook for an introductory collection development library course. I would recommend this book to librarians and staff with little to no experience in collection development, librarians and staff needing a refresher course on collection development, and library school students.” —Technical Services Quarterly

“This text fulfills its objectives well. . . . This book will enable the nascent collection development librarian to get started selecting, ordering, evaluating, budgeting, marketing, and asking good questions of colleagues.” —Technicalities

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