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Author | : Karen C. Kohn |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2015-06-24 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1442250658 |
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Librarians have long used data to describe their collections. Traditional measures have simply been inputs and outputs: volumes acquired, processed, owned, or circulated. With the growth since the 1990s of cultures of assessment, librarians have sought statistics that are evaluative rather than simply descriptive. More recently, exponentially increasing journal prices and an economic recession have intensified the need to make careful purchasing decisions and to justify these to administrators. A methodical evaluation of a library collection can help librarians understand and meet user needs and can help communicate to administrators that the library is a good use of the institution’s money. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians equips collections managers to select and implement a method or several methods of evaluating their library collections. It includes sections on four tools for evaluation: • Comparison to peer institutions • Core lists • Usage statistics from circulation and ILL • Citation analysis Chapters on each of these approaches present the advantages and disadvantages of each method, instructions on data collection and analysis—with screenshots—and suggested action steps after completing the analysis. With a unique combination of step-by-step instructions and discussions of the purpose and role of data, this book provides an unusually thorough guide to collection evaluation. It will be indispensable for collection development librarians and anyone looking to strengthen the culture of assessment within the library.
Author | : Association of Research Libraries. University Library Management Studies Office |
Publisher | : Association of Research Libr |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Academic libraries |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Thomas Nisonger |
Publisher | : Libraries Unlimited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1992-09-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780872879256 |
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Detailed annotations (100-150 words) on some 500 items focus on articles, books, and book chapters published from 1980 through 1991 and important classic items published prior to 1980. With both scholarly/theoretical and practical how-to perspectives, the book covers material concerning research, university, college, community college, and special libraries. Major chapters discuss an overview of the collection evaluation process, methods and methodology, use studies, availability studies, the RLG Conspectus, serials evaluation (including serials review case studies), citation analysis (including structure of disciplines), journal ranking, standards, and application of automation to the collection evaluation process. The book will be useful to academic library practitioners, students, teachers, and researchers in library and information science education.
Author | : Barbara Lockett |
Publisher | : Chicago : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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This text provides principles and methods for determining if a library collection is fulfilling the stated mission of the library. It is a clear introduction to collection evaluation for the novice collection manager, and it is also useful as a review and reference for the experienced librarian.
Author | : Joanne Schneider Hill |
Publisher | : Chicago : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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Collection Development is a compilation of 20 papers that explore the assumption that mission affects policy. To what extent do the unique features and mission of the small college library create distinctive concerns for it? The papers presented here demonstrate an alternative to the assumption that what works in large university libraries will also work in small ones.
Author | : Amy S. Pattee |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2020-02-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1538123568 |
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In the five years since the first edition of Developing Library Collections for Today’s Young Adults was published, numerous changes have taken place in the landscape of young adult literature and young adult library services. Informed by the professional activism—including the “We Need Diverse Books” (#wndb) movement—today’s professionals recognize that library collections for young adults are incomplete if they fail to address and reflect a diversity of racial, ethnic, and cultural identities; gender identities; sexual orientations; and identities related to ability and disability. Contemporary librarians working to diversify their collections select material in a number of formats and must consider the accessibility of both old and new media as they select titles and resources. Developing Library Collections for Today’s Young Adults, Ensuring Inclusion and Access, Second Edition, offers guidance to librarians confronted with an expanding universe of published material from which to select. With special emphasis on the principles of inclusion and accessibility, this new edition of Developing Library Collections includes guidelines for creating a young adult collection development policy, conducting a needs assessment, and evaluating and selecting print and nonprint material for the library’s YA collection.
Author | : Daniel C Mack |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2003-12-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1136796959 |
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Get the tools you need to build a collection development policy that will help your library run efficiently—today and in the future! Considering the amount and variety of topics being published, effectively organizing and guiding a library in today’s accelerated world is no easy task. Collection Development Policies: New Direct
Author | : Michael R. Gabriel |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780810828773 |
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Contains approximately 2,000 citations to books, periodical articles, theses, and scholarly papers in English. ...a comprehensive guide to literature...useful to all librarians interested in strengthening their collection development operation, policies and procedures. --PUBLIC LIBRARY QUARTERLY
Author | : Frank W. Hoffmann |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780810851801 |
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This book represents an ongoing effort to fill the void in the library literature relating to collection development policies. The authors, whose experience each spans four decades as library educators and practitioners, created the book--as well as a forthcoming companion volume devoted to school libraries--to assist both library school students and professionals in the field in the compilation, revision, and implementation of collection development policies. Cutting edge trends such as digital document delivery and library cooperation are also covered. Furthermore, given the premise that a well-rounded policy reflects all activities concerning the collection management process--including the evaluation, selection, acquisition, and weeding of information resources--it is hoped that this work will also prove useful to non-librarians possessing some kind of stake in high quality library holdings, such as library board members, politicians, and administrators directly responsible for library operations, and institutional patrons.
Author | : Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Academic libraries |
ISBN | : |
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