This latest edition continues to cover all phases of collection development. A new addition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion Web site () will also be maintained to ensure URLs referenced throughout the text are kept up-to-date.
This latest edition continues to cover all phases of collection development—from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice), to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Each chapter has been extensively revised to reflect changing practices, policies, and technologies. To this end, some chapters—electronic materials, government information, audiovisual materials, and resource sharing—have been almost completely rewritten. In addition, electronic serials, introduced in the fourth edition, has been combined with its print counterpart in a single chapter. New to this edition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion website () will also be maintained to ensure URLs referenced throughout the text are kept up to date. As the authors put it in their introductory chapter, whatever environment one works in, collection development is an exciting challenge that requires lifelong learning. Students and practitioners alike will benefit greatly from this state-of-the-art text.
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Information Age: Information Society
Information Needs Assessment
Collection Development Policies
Selection Process in Practice
Producers of Information Materials
Series: Print and Electronic
Other Electronic Materials
Government Information
Audiovisual Materials
Acquisitions
Distributors and Vendors
Fiscal Management
Deselection
Evaluation
Resource Sharing
Protectingg the Collection
Legal Issues
Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, and Collection Development
Index
