For this new fourth edition, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson has revised and fully updated this textbook to provide a timely and valuable new resource for LIS students and professionals. Each chapter offers complete introductory coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, before including numerous suggestions for further reading and study. A range of practical case studies are included to illustrate and explore all of the issues discussed. Content covered includes: - traditional management topics including organization of the collection, demonstrating value, staffing, and policymaking - cooperative collection development and management - licenses, negotiation, contracts, maintaining productive relationships with vendors and publishers, and other important purchasing and budgeting topics - changes in information delivery and access technologies and how they continue to reshape the discipline - the evolving needs and expectations of library users - new roles for subject specialists - marketing, liaison activities, and outreach. This book will be useful as a comprehensive introduction and learning tool for LIS students, a timely update for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to-day work.
By:
Peggy Johnson
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781783302741
ISBN 10: 1783302747
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 31 March 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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A / AS level
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Figures Preface to the Fourth Edition Acknowledgments 1 Introduction to Collection Development and Management Components of Collection Development and Management Historical Overview Theories of Selection Future of Collection Development and Management Notes Suggested Readings 2 Organizational Models, Staffing, and Responsibilities Collection Management and Development Responsibilities Assignment of Responsibilities Skills and Competencies Learning after School Organizational Models Ethical Issues Notes Suggested Readings 3 Planning, Policy, and Budgets Planning in Libraries Planning Models Environmental Scanning Why Undertake Formal Planning? Collection Development Policy Statements Writing the Collection Development Policy Statement Budgeting and Finance Notes Suggested Readings 4 Developing Collections Universe of Published Materials The Selection Process Notes Suggested Readings 5 Vendor Relations, Negotiation, and Contracts Overview Vendor Relations Negotiation Contracts Notes Suggested Readings 6 Managing Collections Weeding Storage Preservation and Conservation Review and Cancellation of Continuing Resources Collection Protection and Security Notes Suggested Readings 7 Marketing, Liaison Activities, and Outreach Understanding Marketing Marketing Concepts Managing the Marketing Cycle Liaison and Outreach Activities Social Media Notes Suggested Readings 8 Collection Analysis, Accountability, and Demonstrating Value Collection Analysis as a Management Tool Historical Overview of Collection Analysis Approaches to Collection Analysis Electronic Resources and Collection Analysis Methods of Collection-Based Analysis Methods of Use- and User-Centered Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis, Social Return on Investment, and Balanced Scorecards Conducting the Analysis and Preparing a Collection Analysis Report Notes Suggested Readings 9 Collaborative Collection Development and Management Overview Resource Sharing Bibliographic Access Coordinated or Collaborative Collection Building and Management Infrastructures for Cooperative and Collaborative Collection Development and Management Attributes of Successful Consortia Challenges to Collaborative Collection Development and Management Evaluating Collaborative and Cooperative Collection Development and Management Notes Suggested Readings Appendix A Professional Resources for Collection Development and Management Appendix B Selection Aids Glossary Index
Peggy Johnson has published several books, including ALA Editions' Developing and Managing Electronic Collections: The Essentials, 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 and received the ALCTS Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
Reviews for Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
This fourth edition will therefore undoubtedly find its way to library training...Even for those who already work in libraries, there is still a lot of valuable information to be found in the individual chapters.- InformatieProfessional (Dutch journal) * InformatieProfessional *
