The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and Guidelines - Softcover

American Library Association

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555706649 ISBN 13: 9781555706647

Publisher: ALA Neal-Schuman, 2009

Synopsis

Find practical and ready-to-implement advice in this authoritative resource for building, growing, managing, and maintaining your electronic resources collection. Library Journal deemed the first edition of Diane Kovacs groundbreaking guide an essential purchase for all libraries . This new edition covers over 15 subject areas, including jobs and employment, business, medicine, law, social sciences, engineering, computer science, physical sciences, earth sciences, arts and humanities, and more. Kovacs extensively updates her coverage of Web collection development resources, licensing web-accessible resources and real-life e-library success stories. New and expanded chapters are dedicated to e-library management and maintenance including guidance on negotiating e-resource licenses and collection analysis. For each subject area, core collection development tools have been expanded to include Web 2.0 related services and government documents. A bonus companion Web site available only to purchasers of the book features ready-made, annotated links to all the sites in the book s recommended core reference collections in each subject area that readers can import into their library s Web site or OPAC.

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Reviews

First published in 2004, this second edition provides updated and enhanced information on “how to build, expand, improve, and maintain an e-library collection.” Chapters cover general collection guidelines and licensing basics; especially useful are individual sections citing specific Web sites for e-collection sources in ready reference, business, medicine, biology, engineering, physical and earth sciences, and the social sciences and humanities. Kovacs, who co-compiled a few editions of the invaluable print Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Academic Discussion Lists, among other works, is a very diligent researcher, and her latest title again offers librarians much useful information. The price may deter financially strapped libraries from purchasing this worthwhile title. --Donald Altschiller

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Neal-Schuman
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555706649
• ISBN 13: 9781555706647
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 303