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Author : Mona Kerby
Publisher : ALA Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838918920
By focusing on the basics, readers can begin to reflect on and customize plans for action. A timesaver for the busy school librarian, this collection development digest is the tool you need to ensure success.
Author : Vicki L. Gregory
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 11,7 MB
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : 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.
Author : Peggy Johnson
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 32,26 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838990495
In this fully updated revision, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art in controlling and updating your library's collection.
Author : Wayne Disher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This indispensable resource provides tools for collection management in public libraries, featuring essential strategies for inventory assessment, market analysis, budgeting, marketing, and customer service. This book is a must-have for those just entering the field or professionals in need of a refresher in effective library operations. This professional volume covers all aspects of collection development and management in the public library, from gathering statistics to design a collection that meets community needs, to selecting materials, managing vendor relations, understanding the publishing industry, and handling complaints. Author Wayne Disher provides public librarians—especially those without the benefit of academic training—access to the tools to make them successful, and their collections beneficial to the public they serve. The second edition features two new chapters on digital curation and cooperative collection development. Additional updates include helpful information on infographics, more budgeting formulas, and a section on core collections, as well as content covering eBooks, electronic storage, and digital rights management. Chapters discuss subjects such as marketing the collection to patrons, book repair, and handling censorship issues when collections are challenged.
Author : American Association of School Librarians
Publisher : STA - Standards ALA ALA Editions AASL
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838915790
The new National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries reflect an evolution of AASL Standards, building on philosophical foundations and familiar elements of previous standards while featuring the new streamlined AASL Standards Integrated Framework for learners, school librarians, and school libraries.
Author : Peggy Johnson
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 40,40 MB
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838916899
As a comprehensive introduction for LIS students, a primer for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to-day work, the value and usefulness of this book remain unequaled.
Author : Claire Gatrell Stephens
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 11,43 MB
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This practical manual demystifies the process of creating and maintaining a quality school library collection—an invaluable resource for anyone working in a library media center. Today's school librarians have many different responsibilities, but arguably the most important aspect of their job is developing and maintaining a collection that their library customers love. School Library Collection Development: Just the Basics is an accessible, practical manual that explains the fundamentals of purchasing, developing, and managing a collection. Containing information useful to anyone from a paraprofessional working under the guidance of a certified school librarian to a newcomer to the field to a certified media specialist, this book covers all of the basics through best practices. The authors provide much-needed advice on how to add to an existing collection, how to weed books no longer needed, and how to process and inventory that collection. This book is a must-have resource for staff members who are new to school libraries and need an easy-to-read guide to help them quickly learn the job.
Author : Peggy Johnson
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 2018-07-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Technical Services Quarterly declared that the third edition “must now be considered the essential textbook for collection development and management … the first place to go for reliable and informative advice." For the fourth edition expert instructor and librarian Johnson has revised and freshened this resource to ensure its timeliness and continued excellence. Each chapter offers complete coverage of one aspect of collection development and management, including numerous suggestions for further reading and narrative case studies exploring the issues. Thorough consideration is given to traditional management topics such as organization of the collection, weeding, staffing, and policymaking;cooperative collection development and management;licenses, negotiation, contracts, maintaining productive relationships with vendors and publishers, and other important purchasing and budgeting topics;important issues such as the ways that changes in information delivery and access technologies continue to reshape the discipline, the evolving needs and expectations of library users, and new roles for subject specialists, all illustrated using updated examples and data; andmarketing, liaison activities, and outreach. As a comprehensive introduction for LIS students, a primer for experienced librarians with new collection development and management responsibilities, and a handy reference resource for practitioners as they go about their day-to-day work, the value and usefulness of this book remain unequaled.
Author : Peggy Johnson
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,92 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780838908532
Taking a fresh approach, this comprehensive guide outlines the step-by-step process of collection development and management. Expert librarian Peggy Johnson offers tips for organizing and staffing, conceiving policy and creating budgets, and developing, marketing and evaluating collections.
Author : W. Bernard Lukenbill
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,55 MB
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Provides an overview of the issues and problems involved in collection development for the school library media center, and offers strategies for creating collection development policies, handling censorship, and balancing print and nonprint resources.