Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management

by Peggy Johnson

Overview

In this sweeping revision of a text that has become an authoritative standared, 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, inclding 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 *Budgeting, including relations with vendors and publishers, purchasing, and collaborating across library organizational lines to acquire and manage collections more erfficiently *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 the modern classic fully up to date.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838911914
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	03/21/2014
Series:	Fundamentals Series
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	568
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Peggy Johnson is a frequent speaker and trainer on collection development and management. She has published several books, including ALA Editions’ Developing and Managing Electronic Collections: The Essentials, and numerous journal articles. She edited the peer-reviewed journal Library Resources & Technical Services for more than nine years and continues to edit Technicalities: Information Forum for the Technical Services Professional. Prior to retiring from the University of Minnesota Libraries, she served as associate university librarian. During more than thirty years at the University of Minnesota, her responsibilities focused on collection development and management, technical services, institutional planning, grants management, and budgeting. A past president of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), she received the ALCTS Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. Peggy has consulted on library development in Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Morocco, and China.

Mary Beth Weber has worked in library technical services in academic libraries for over 30 years. She has held various technical services positions, and is an expert on cataloging nonprint materials, acquisitions workflows, and non-MARC metadata for digital collections. She also has extensive managerial experience. Weber has authored numerous books, including Virtual Technical Services: A Manual and Rethinking Library Technical Services: Redefining our Profession for the Future. She has given presentations on cataloging, mentoring, and publishing for various organizations. She chaired Rutgers University Libraries’ Faculty Mentoring Program Committee for two years, and participated in ALCTS’ inaugural mentoring program. Weber is an active member of Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of ALA. She served as editor-inchief of Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) for nine years and helped transition the journal from ALCTS to Core. Weber was awarded the ALCTS Presidential Citation in 2011 for her service as the ALCTS Newsletter Editor. She received the ALCTS Honors award in 2015 for her contributions as LRTS Editor. Weber is currently the head of Central Technical Services at Rutgers University Libraries and oversees resource description (MARC and non- MARC) for all four of Rutgers’ campuses.

Table of Contents

List of Figures vii

Preface to the Third Edition ix

Acknowledgments xiii

1 Introduction to Collection Development and Management 1

2 Organizational Models, Staffing, and Responsibilities 37

3 Planning, Policy, and Budgets 91

4 Developing Collections 135

5 Managing Collections 193

6 Marketing, Liaison Activities, and Outreach 251

7 Collection Analysis: Evaluation and Assessment 297

8 Cooperative Collection Development and Management 345

9 Scholarly Communication 399

Appendix A Professional Resources for Collection Development and Management 455

Appendix B Selection Aids 465

Appendix C Sample Collection Development Policy Statements 475

Glossary 499

Index 527