Synopsis
An essential tool to assist collection managers with the creation of a collection development policy. Because it covers all types and sizes of libraries, as well as electronic, non-print, and print materials, it is easily the most comprehensive, useful, and up-to-date guide available to librarians and library science students. No other manual is as complete and thorough, yet easy-to-read and understand. Examples provide advice about the writing process, who should be involved, components of the policy, its scope, criteria for selection, weeding, censorship, and many other issues that policy statements need to address. While intended as a non-technical guide for librarians and students who need to establish a collection development policy, the book will also meet the needs of experienced librarians who are reviewing and editing their existing policies.
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About the Author
Richard J. Wood is Director of Library Services and Professor at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. Frank W. Hoffmann is Associate Professor, Department of Library Science, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. He is the author of "Intellectual Freedom and Censorship" (1989).
Reviews
It's May 15 and word comes down?"There's money left in the book budget; spend it by July 1 or lose it." Do you a) make a beeline for Library Journal or b) refer to your collection development policy? Library director Wood and library science professor Hoffmann maintain, "it is impossible to say how many libraries in the United States have collection development policies..." but that "most of the writers cited in this book believe that the majority of libraries do not have one." The authors wrote this handbook for those librarians needing to "study, develop, rewrite, or evaluate collection development policies." Part 1 is an excellent treatise on policy rationale, policy implementation, and policy components. The material presented is not new but a clear and relatively concise (73 pages) update on collection development. Part 2 includes representative collection development policies of academic, public, school, state, special, and other libraries. Library Development Policies is very similar in scope and length to Elizabeth Futas's Collection Development Policies and Procedures (Professional Reading, LJ 3/15/95) as well as Michael R. Gabriel's Collection Development and Collection Evaluation: A Sourcebook (Professional Reading, LJ 6/1/95). For those in the process of writing or revising a collection development policy, this is an excellent time- and energy-saving resource.?Janet Brewer, Murray State Univ. Lib., Ky.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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