Collection Management: Preparing Today's Bibliographies for Tomorrow's Libraries

by Rupp-Serrano; Karen

• ISBN13: 9780789010032
• ISBN10: 0789010038
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-04-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Written by experts in the field, Collection Development: Preparing Today's Bibliographers for Tomorrow's Libraries offers librarians proven and effective suggestions on how to solve and alleviate common problems in order to make your library more efficient and beneficial to patrons. Discussing concerns about cooperative collection development, locally available data, managing personnel at varying career stages, vendors, selecting the right mix of resources, and serials collection management, this valuable guide gives you insight into the future of collection development and keeps you up-to-date on important technological advancements. For both beginners and professionals, Collection Development addresses your vexing questions that librarians continually face to assist you in creating a cost-effective and resourceful library.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Toward ``The Perfection of Work'': Library Consortia in the Digital Age	1	(14)
Adrian W. Alexander
Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery: Lessons to Be Learned	15	(10)
Molly Murphy
Karen Rupp-Serrano
Raising the Bar: Book Vendors and the New Realities of Service	25	(16)
Dana L. Alessi
Content Management for the 21st Century: The Leaders' Role	41	(16)
Susan L. Fales
``Uneasy Lies the Head'': Selecting Resources in a Consortial Setting	57	(12)
Gay N. Dannelly
Local Information: Better Utilizing the Data at Hand	69	(8)
Leslie M. Haas
Serials Management: Adrift During a Sea Change?	77	(14)
Julie M. Hurd
Index	91