Author | : Joy McGregor |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780810844889 |
Co-published with Charles Sturt University Centre for Information Studies
Author | : Joy McGregor |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780810844889 |
Co-published with Charles Sturt University Centre for Information Studies
Author | : Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2019-05-24 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1440859655 |
If the heart of the library is its collection, this textbook provides the keys to the heart of your library. Alongside standards of basic principles and processes, you'll find practical guidance on everything from acquisitions to preservation. Managing collections in today's libraries is more complicated and challenging than ever. Electronic formats, new options for collaboration and sharing, and the drive to use data for evaluation purposes are just a few of the changes now driving collection management. This updated edition of a classic text addresses changes in the field and provides a thorough overview of what collection development specialists now need to know to effectively and efficiently manage processes that range from selection and assessment to sharing resources, handling challenges, weeding, and preservation. Readers will find increased coverage of technical services, intellectual freedom and censorship, and collection policy development, as well as budget development and tracking, joint purchasing, and negotiating with vendors. Updates on e-resources, user needs assessment (including data visualization), and disaster management, along with suggestions for further reading, are also included. Engagingly written and easy to understand, this is a valuable text for students preparing for careers in public, academic, school, and special libraries. It will additionally serve as a training resource and professional refresher for practitioners.
Author | : Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Ph.D. |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2005-01-31 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780838908945 |
Connecting to the guidelines of Information Power, Collection Management for Youth is grounded in educational theory to help relate the "whys" with the "hows". Using educational theory and research, it describes a plan to build and maintain a solid collection in the midst of flux, while meeting students' information needs in a holistic context.
Author | : Peggy Johnson |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0838909728 |
Adresses the art of controlling and updating your library's collection. Discussions of the importance and logistics of electronic resources are integrated throughout the book.
Author | : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1938 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Subject headings, Library of Congress |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1880 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Subject headings, Library of Congress |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nancy Everhart Ph.D. |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1998-08-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0313022674 |
Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies. She includes qualitative and quantitative techniques for the areas of curriculum, personnel, facilities, collections, usage, and technology. She also gives step-by-step instructions on how to create in-house surveys, conduct interviews, and use observation to gather useful data. Conduct research, collect statistics, and evaluate your program with this useful resource. Everhart provides practical guidelines and ready-to-use forms for evaluating a school library media center, as well as important results derived in other studies. She includes qualitative and quantitative techniques for the areas of curriculum, personnel, facilities, collections, usage, and technology. She also gives step-by-step instructions on how to create in-house surveys, conduct interviews, and use observation to gather useful data. For example, there are directions on how to assess information literacy with rubrics. In addition, each chapter gives detailed references, a list of further readings, applicable Web sites, and dissertations. A quick and easy guide to justifying and supporting your SLMC operations and effectiveness, this book is invaluable to all school library media specialists. It will also be of interest to school library media supervisors and researchers.
Author | : Jerry L. Evans |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 1998-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0788149016 |
Playing a vital role in the total instructional program at all grade levels, the school library has long been recognized as an integral part of any school system. This manual addresses the management of school libraries beginning with an overview of the school library program. Includes chapters on: the district coordinator and the processing center, the library budget, teaching information-finding and evaluating skills, suggestions for facility planners, materials selection, weeding and inventorying, copyright law, media programs, and using teacher aides. Appendices include: accreditation standards, and job descriptions.
Author | : Vicki L. Gregory |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2019-07-03 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0838917127 |
Packed with discussion questions, activities, suggested additional references, selected readings, and many other features that speak directly to students and library professionals, Gregory’s Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections is a comprehensive handbook that also shares myriad insightful ideas and approaches valuable to experienced practitioners. This new second edition brings an already stellar text fully up to date, presenting top-to-bottom coverage of the impact of new technologies and developments on the discipline, including discussion of e-books, open access, globalization, self-publishing, and other trends; needs assessment, policies, and selection sources and processes; budgeting and fiscal management; collection assessment and evaluation; weeding, with special attention paid to electronic materials; collaborative collection development and resource sharing; marketing and outreach; self-censorship as a component of intellectual freedom, professional ethics, and other legal issues; diversity and ADA issues; preservation; and the future of the field. Additional features include updated vendor lists, samples of a needs assessment report, a collection development policy, an approval plan, and an electronic materials license.