Guide to Collection Development and Management: Administration, Organization, and Staffing (Collection Management and Development Guide) - Softcover

Munroe, Mary H.; Haar, John M.; Johnson, Peggy

 
9780810841307: Guide to Collection Development and Management: Administration, Organization, and Staffing (Collection Management and Development Guide)

Synopsis

To a new collection development librarian just learning the field or to an experienced practitioner attempting to reorganize a program, the options can be confusing and contradictory. Guide to Collection Development and Management Administration, Organization, and Staffing provides an overview of the organizational alternatives available to libraries by addressing activities and explaining the models used in public, academic, and school libraries. It provides an overview of possible structures and indicates some of the advantages and disadvantages of each.

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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. She teaches as an adjunct professor in the MLIS program at St. Catherine University. Prior to retiring from the University of Minnesota Libraries, she served as associate university librarian. A past president of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, she received the ALCTS Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.

Review

...the editors have created an excellent and comprehensive guide to those aspects of collection development and management requiring the involvement of a collection development officer or other library administrators. Anyone involved in collection development and management will find this guide valuable. (Technicalities)

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