Collection Management Basics (Library and Information Science Text Series) - Softcover

Saponaro, Margaret Zarnosky; Novak, John; Evans, G. Edward

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798216170259

Publisher: Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, 2025

Synopsis

This eighth edition offers students and working professionals the tools to manage the complex process of creating appropriate collections of resources for all types of libraries.

Managing collections in today's environment is a challenging process. This eighth edition of the classic text on collection management covers all aspects of the management cycle from selection through deselection and preservation. The text also includes discussions of intellectual freedom, legal issues in collection development, and collaborative collection development. Timely topics such as diversity, open access, AI, digital preservation, local history, creation spaces, and “libraries of things” bring this comprehensive overview up to date. Engagingly written and easy to understand, chapters rely on feedback from experts working in the field and include many sidebars with practical examples and resources. Designed primarily for students in LIS programs, the text is also a valuable resource for all library workers responsible for collection management.

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About the Authors

Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro, MLS, is Director of Collection Development Strategies at the University of Maryland Libraries (UMD), USA, where she provides leadership for the collections and manages the collections budget. Her prior work experience includes serving as Manager of Staff Learning and Development, and later Librarian for the College of Journalism at UMD, as Associate Director of Learning Resources at the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, and as Librarian for the Northern Virginia Center of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her research interests are in the areas of collection management, instruction, and emerging technologies in libraries.

John Novak, MLIS, serves as Associate Dean for Technical Services and Budget at Fairfield University, USA, bringing decades of expertise in collection development and scholarly communication. A former department head and collections strategist, he focuses on supporting and advancing academic library collections to meet the needs of an ever-evolving scholarly landscape. His research interests include collection management best practices along with innovative approaches to open access and institutional repository services in academic libraries.

G. Edward Evans, PhD, is a retired award-winning author and Fulbright Scholar. He holds several graduate degrees in anthropology and library and information science. As a researcher, he has published in both anthropology and LIS and held a Fulbright Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Fellowship. His teaching experience has also been in both fields in the United States and the Nordic countries, in particular at the Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798216170259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432