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Collection Development - Past and Future (Paperback)
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Collection Development - Past and Future (Paperback)
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With the prolific changes in the electronic environment, do you
sometimes feel overwhelmed by the multiplying of electronic
information resources, the different methods of access, and their
combined impact on collection development? If so, Collection
Development is the book to help you get a handle on what's out
there! In no time at all, you'll be able to select and integrate
electronic resources into collection development programs at even
the most traditional of libraries! In the process, you will learn
alternative approaches for dealing with electronic databases,
on-line access, and fiscal planning for the integration of the new
information technologies into collection development.Collection
Development offers useful strategies for dealing with electronic
resources in terms of selection and evaluation, collection
development policies, organizational structure, and budgeting. You
also acquire important information on: Internet information
resources accessible through Gophers and World Wide Web sites
access vs. ownership issues serving the remote user at an extended
campus site the relationship of selection to acquisitions managing
a CD-Rom collection development process planning issues of
cooperation, collaboration, and change pricing and planning issues
and their impact on library budgets negotiating site
licensesLibrarians in collection development, academic librarians,
and personnel in technology/authomation development will find
Collection Development an indispensable tool for grappling with the
demands and pressures of screening and choosing the most suitable
information resources from the dynamic, even saturated, world of
technology. The book's insights and practical methodologies will
help you integrate new on-line and electronic information resources
into your program with relative ease.
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