Synopses & Reviews
Collection management is becoming increasingly complex due to electronic access to information, the growth of the Internet, greater reliance on document delivery and resource sharing, and changes in scholarly communication. This professional reference shows how changes in all aspects of collection management will affect future activities in this area and examines the likely value of these changes in the next century. Chapters are written by leading practitioners and academics from around the world, and the volume concludes with a bibliographical essay.
Collection management has always been more difficult to define and more varied in organization and procedures than other library operations, such as acquisitions or automation. Current shifts in emphasis only make this more apparent. The electronic access to catalogs, databases, and full text materials, the increasing importance of the Internet, greater reliance on interlibrary loan and document delivery, and the changing world of scholarly communication all influence how library collections are acquired and managed. Faculty research and academic disciplines are not easily contained within clearly defined boundaries, acquisitions on-demand is on the increase, and document delivery has made patrons less dependent on local collections.
These changes influence policies, but not in any clear or uniform manner, and sometimes against organizational constraints. If local collections are being emphasized less, and access and connectivity more, then selection, evaluation, and preservation are greatly affected. And while cooperative efforts may relieve a library from collecting exhaustively in all areas, needed materials must still be collected and stored somewhere. This professional reference shows how changes in all aspects of collection management will affect future activities in this area and examines the likely value of these changes in the next century. Chapters are written by leading practitioners and academics from around the world, and the volume concludes with a bibliographical essay.
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This is a useful book, which contains information that will be of value to all collection management practitioners...The Serials Librarian
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...[P]rovides a comprehensive overview of the development of collection management....[S]erves as a valuable staring point for introducing the multiplicity of important issues of the field.Technical Services Quarterly
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This is a well-organized handbook that accomplishes the editors' intent to "serve as a benchmark for future thinking in collection management." Eighteen leading authors offer a full range of relevant topics....[W]ith the results a forward-looking, significant work that encompasses the major trends and challenges for the profession....Many texts in collection development focus on the basics and this worthy addition to the literature considers in depth collection management issues for the future....[H]ighly recommended and most useful for librarians in academic settings.Technicalities
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Gorman and Miller have produced an excellent forum for discussion of the issues related to the future of collection development and management....If you are seeking answers to collection management problems to come, this is not the book for you. If you are seeking a clear statement of the questions to be faced and some discussion of potential solutions, this is it!Collection Management
Synopsis
Collection management is becoming increasingly complex due to electronic access to information, the growth of the Internet, greater reliance on document delivery and resource sharing, and changes in scholarly communication. This professional reference shows how changes in all aspects of collection management will affect future activities in this area and examines the likely value of these changes in the next century. Chapters are written by leading practitioners and academics from around the world, and the volume concludes with a bibliographical essay.
Description
Includes bibliographical references. Includes index.
About the Author
G.E. GORMAN is Director of the Centre for Information Studies at Charles Sturt University-Riverina.RUTH H. MILLER is Coordinator for Collection Development and Access in the Library at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Table of Contents
Introduction by G.E. Gorman
The Future for Collection Management
Collection Development and Scholarly Communication in the 21st Century: From Collection Management to Content Management by John M. Budd and Bart M. Harloe
The Technological Contribution to Collection Management
The Internet and Collection Management in Academic Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges by Thomas E. Nisonger
Collection Management and Integrated Library Systems by Mary F. Cassery and Anne C. Ciliberti
Selection of Materials in an Electronic Environment
Collection Development Policies and Electronic Information Resources by Peggy Johnson
The Role of Selection in Collection Development: Past, Present and Future by William S. Monroe
Future Practices in Collection Evaluation
Collection Development and Performance Measurement by Philip Calvert
Integrating the Activities of Librarians and Paraprofessional Workers in Evaluating Academic Library Collections by Sheila S. Intner
Electronic Document Delivery and Resource Preservation
Electronic Document Delivery Services and Their Impact on Collection Management by Graham P. Cornish
The Preservation of Electronic Records: What Do We Do Next? by Ross Harvey
Organization and Budgeting for Collection Management
Staffing and Organization for Collection Development in a New Century by Bonita Bryant
Budgeting for Information Resources: Current Trends and Future Directions by William Fisher and Barbara G. Leonard
Cooperative Collection Development and Management
The Axioms, Barriers and Components of Cooperative Collection Development by Richard J. Wood
Cooperation is the Future of Collection Management and Development: OhioLINK and CIC by Gay N. Dannelly
Cooperative Collection Development: Compelling Theory, Inconseqential Results? by Dan C. Hazen
The Recent Literature
Selected Review of the Literature on Collection Development and Collection Management, 1990-1995 by Ruth H. Miller
Index