Full Description
Updated to cover opportunities and complexities posed by contemporary technologies, this guide offers readers a comprehensive overview of the processes of developing, maintaining, and evaluating a collection at the building level. In this edition, the authors cover copyright issues and Internet policies in greater detail. They also address developing technologies in terms of their impact on information access, resource sharing, and acquisitions.
Contents
Part I - The Setting: The Media Programme and its Environment; The Collection; The Collection Programme; Issues and Responsibilities; The Collection's External Environment; Policies and Procedures; Selection and Requests for Reconsideration. Part II - Selection of Materials: Selection Procedures; General Selection Criteria; Criteria by Format; Educational Perspectives; Individuals and Groups. Part III - Administrative Concerns: Acquiring Materials; Fiscal and Access Issues; Maintaining the Collection.
